Past tense of shimmer
regular verb
The past tense of shimmer is shimmered. The past participle is also shimmered.
Forms of shimmer
| Base form (V1) | shimmer /ˈʃɪm.ə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | shimmered |
| Past participle (V3) | shimmered |
| Present participle | shimmering |
| Third person singular | shimmers |
Shimmered in a sentence
- I looked then and saw that his robes, which had seemed white, were not so, but were woven of all colours, and if he moved they shimmered and changed hue so that the eye was bewildered.1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1973, Book 2, Chapter 2, p. 339
- The fluorescent plants shimmered in the darkness.From the entry fluorescent
- Her robes shimmered with wards of unsight stitched in electrum thread.2013, Peter V. Brett, The Daylight War - Page 566. From the entry unsight
- Stupefying heat shimmered in the mangrove forest, the sun an unfaceable white glare somewhere overhead.2011, A. A. Jameson, Shark People, page 113. From the entry unfaceable
- Sol squinted out over the barrens to where the mountains shimmered in the heat haze.1990, Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion, 1st edition, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 165. From the entry barren
Meaning of shimmer
- verb To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly.
- verb Of a mass of bees: to move their abdomens in a coordinated manner so as to produce a shimmering wave effect, thought to deter predators.
- noun A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining.
Questions about the past tense of shimmer
- What is the past tense of shimmer?
- The past tense of shimmer is shimmered.
- What is the past participle of shimmer?
- The past participle of shimmer is shimmered.
- Is shimmer a regular or irregular verb?
- Shimmer is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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