How to use glistening in a sentence. Present participle of glisten 2 To shine by reflecting light from a wet or smooth surface To reflect a sparkling light or a faint intermittent glow See examples of glisten used in a sentence. Your whole neighborhood, lit with tiny white christmas lights, might also be glistening
Anything that shines in a sparkly, glittery, or damp way is glistening, and the word stems from the old english glisnian, to glisten or gleam. If something glistens, it shines, usually because it is wet or oily The calm sea glistened in the sunlight [verb] darcy's face was white and glistening with sweat [verb + with].tubs of glistening olives Glistening refers to shining with a soft, reflected light, often suggesting wetness, while glistering is less commonly used and implies a sparkling or shimmering effect.
How to use glisten in a sentence Glisten, shimmer, sparkle refer to different ways in which light is reflected from surfaces Glisten refers to a lustrous light, as from something sleek or wet, or it may refer to myriads of tiny gleams reflected from small surfaces Snow glistens in the sunlight. He let loose a torrent of emotion, screaming in anguish at the end, his eyes glistening with tears. To shine by reflection with a sparkling luster
Trickled in streams down his face and glistened in his beard (lois lowry) To be reflected with a sparkling luster The sun glistened upon his hair (robert louis stevenson)
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