glint

"There was a glint of fear. They were dour. This was something more than someone being ill. It was something that affected them."

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

His poems can seem like black crystals; hold them to the light and they glint with ash, Scripture, lovers’ voices and breath.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

If it doesn’t glint in the light, I’m not interested.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026

Netflix’s purchase of WBD would result in a “big market share” he says with a glint in his eye.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

The reflective spokes of a bicycle wheel glint in the headlights.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Bright sunshine glints off the Arctic waters below the main street, and the flat-topped, snow and ice-covered mountains all around.

From BBC ● May 23, 2025

A few of the people, including a man with a camera, stared at the sky, studying the way the smoke rose and shifted, letting in glints of light and then closing again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025

There are moments when Ewan McGregor’s performance — with its glints of hurt and anger — points to a tougher, truer, more nuanced movie than the one you’re watching.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

These glints, or specular reflections, have been observed, for instance, on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, which helped to confirm the moon's large lakes.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2023

You know, I’d never noticed before, but his black hair has glints of red in it.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

Dressed in a layered outfit, Multani’s right wrist glinted with a Kara — an iron bracelet, known as one of five articles of Sikh faith — decorated with Punjabi language script and proudly visible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

Diver Mags Martin said: "Because we had torches, it glinted in the torchlight."

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025

Back at the tea room, Chao lifted her teacup to her lips as light glinted off the silver rings that circled her fingers.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

Its dagger-like fangs glinted in the dim light.

From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2022

The man’s eyes glinted as he watched my movement.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

With a small gold “LA” necklace glinting against her black overalls, Toruño says L.A. is the closest thing to Central America she has found in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

The small canvas shows a young woman set on a dark background, her head turned towards the viewer and a pearl earring glinting from beneath her blue and cream turban.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

The light is glinting on the dogs' baubles.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025

"It's like many, many thousands of rotating, glinting ruffled potato chips."

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025

Shreve stood in the door, putting his collar on, his glasses glinting rosily, as though he had washed them with his face.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner