glimmer

Example Sentences

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"It's hard because you always saw that glimmer of hope in him that he was still there, but it got to a point... I ended up nearly breaking myself to trying to help Michael."

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

American drivers saw a glimmer of hope for at least a brief reprieve from rising fuel costs when crude-oil prices fell by more than 10% Monday.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

She describes a glimmer of light when the band is asked to contribute a cover to a movie soundtrack, and it temporarily pulls the musicians together.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

As well as battling to avoid relegation for the first time since 1976-77, the north London club have reached the last 16 of the Champions League in their sole glimmer of hope this season.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

She was fifteen years old and furiously alive, and in a glimmer of a moment, Sarai saw her hopes both exposed and destroyed, and felt in them the echo of her own.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor