glisten
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Silver pearls glisten on the men’s foreheads and their eyes are sunken deep in their pale faces, framed in a stubble of beard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
This is where the dip starts to glisten.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
At fish counters across Long Island, imported salmon fillets glisten in greater profusion than local mackerel and black sea bass.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
Why eyes glisten as people rise from their seats when the orchestra reaches the rousing conclusion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Once we’ve tasted everything there is to taste, we head into a large tent called Sweet Dreams, The dreams in here all glisten like liquid gold in little glass bottles.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
"In the sunlight, the horse glistens" thanks to its "fine, hollow-core hair, which reflects light differently."
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
The morning frost glistens, and—in a clever device—the low sun glimmers through a row of unseen, leafless trees behind the artist, casting crisscrossing, rhythmic shadows on the furrows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
It clothes the statue of the archangel Gabriel atop the bell tower on St. Mark’s Square and glistens in the mosaics on the facade of St. Mark’s Basilica, aptly nicknamed “the Golden Church.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Perched on a hilltop overlooking the ocean, the house literally glistens against the rising sun, with a blanket of frothy, amber-hued fog wafting below.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
His bald patch glistens from a glint of leaded-window light.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
Their sunscreen glistened in the summer heat, leaving a coconut aroma in the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025
An array of whole peeled tangerines, strawberries, hawthorn berries and green and red grapes glistened on my phone screen like jewels you only admire but can’t touch.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025
Skies were clear and the water glistened, making conditions perfect for dropping instruments hundreds of metres down and hauling up traps filled with sediment or microscopic marine life.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024
Clearly moved, Chapman’s eyes glistened when the crowd roared as she played the 1988 song’s unforgettable guitar riff.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
The fish slime glistened on his fingers as he raised the horseshoe, and Anya caught the briefest flash of magic spiderwebbing out from it.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
"We don't deserve this, it's not fair. I'm sorry I couldn't make it happen," Gattuso said, eyes glistening, before retreating to the dressing room.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
A salmon so consistently coral, so perfectly sliced that it melts in your mouth, glistening with so much naturally rich Omega-3s that it’s like a fatty halo shining on the plate.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
If I angle my head down, I see the glistening lights of the Santa Monica Pier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
"It doesn't do the work for you," said Bills, his forehead glistening with sweat.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
His mother's embroidery still hung at the front of the room, glistening in the fading moonlight.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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