- present participle of glisten.
glistening
Example Sentences
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The meat was so glistening that it caught the light of the disco ball.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Pericana lands dark and red and glistening with oil, a spread for bread made with sun-dried tomatoes, peppers, and cured fish.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Essex parliamentary seat includes rural villages, thousands of hectares of farmland and several seaside towns and villages with glistening golden beaches including Jaywick, Frinton and Walton-on-the-Naze.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
His uniform and scalp were lined with glistening rivulets of oil, water, soot and sweat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
There is corn glistening with butter, and salads made from iceberg lettuce and tomatoes.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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