shimmer

Example Sentences

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And that's how the night seemed to end, with a shimmering sea of light sticks spreading across the square, like a galaxy.

From BBC

Then there’s Texas, the perennial Democratic mirage — always shimmering on the horizon.

From Los Angeles Times

“Just wait till you see what’s for dessert this noon!” she’d tell us at the breakfast table, and all morning in the shop the question would shimmer in the back of our minds.

From Literature

Now a vast swathe of light twisted in a voiceless wind; then the swathe vanished, and shimmering pale-green waves rippled across the stars.

From Literature

I bent to turn the faucet off, but my head swam, and the faint shimmer of water on the tile seemed to wink at me.

From Literature