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glisten

verb as in shimmer

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Example Sentences

I wanted the whole dress to glisten, so I used a lace with silver thread in it.

Her tiny, 5-foot frame and pale white prison skin seemed to glisten with anguish.

When it begins to glisten, add the onion and sauté until it is soft and slightly golden, about five minutes.

See that boy's eyes glisten while you are speaking of a neighbor in a language you would not wish to have repeated.

Only once, when Sogrange incautiously displayed a gold watch, did the eyes of one or two of their number glisten.

Wait until nightfall, and it will positively glisten with lamps and gleam with merriment.

Their monasteries rise in the midst of the fertile plains of Syria, their basilicas glisten in our cities beside our mosques.

The streets glisten clean in the sunlight, and every window is a reflector of glad promise.

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On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to glisten, such as: flicker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, and glow.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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