How to use gleam in a sentence

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• He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming.From the entry shine
• We sudsed the car before washing it down until it gleamed like new.From the entry suds
• The knight rode into battle with a gleaming sword.From the entry gleaming
• The city skyline looked beautiful under the gleaming lights.From the entry gleaming
• He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.From the entry polish
• Dozens, hundreds, gleaming bright—just like the ones inside, only, these are coming for me.2019 March 26, Genevieve Iseult Eldredge, Rekindled: The Circuit Fae Nemesis Prequel - Novella 3.5, GirlyEngine Press, →ISBN. From the entry shink
• A rebel is a gleaming individual in tight Levi’s, a sneering and pretty face.2013, Rachel Kushner, chapter 11, in The Flamethrowers, New York: Scribner, page 163. From the entry wet dream
• Its blades gleam with stolen light; the long sword slips up to Jodan to block their downstrike.2013, Ian McDonald -, King of Morning, Queen of Day, →ISBN. From the entry downstrike
• The gleam of his silver mail was as brilliant as the scarlet cloak rippling from his shoulders.2013, John R. Fultz, “A Council of Kings”, in Seven Kings (Books of the Shaper; II), London: Orbit, →ISBN, page 395. From the entry silver mail
• All that was really visibly certain was the gleaming azurity of Airsing's eyes—everything else blurred in comparison.2010, Taylor J. Beisler, A Krintary Në Clemèntiós: The Clash of Worlds, page 297. From the entry azurity
• The black paint had washed off, leaving gleaming dollar notes behind.2009, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, I Do Not Come to You by Chance, →ISBN. From the entry 419er
• Hayek's long thin metal tongs and the way they gleam under the infirmary lights.2008, Monique Polak, What World is Left, Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 179. From the entry say aah
• And yet, tiny sparks of hope gleam in this dim existence, like pearls in the murk.2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area…. From the entry murk
• Gleaming chrome is well and good, but will it run you through the woods?1998 July 29, Philip Wadler, “Functional Programming: An Angry Half-Dozen”, in Sophie Cluet, editor, Database Programming Languages: 6th…. From the entry in anger
• But his hands slipped on their damp and gleaming bodies which were coiled about like snakes.1995, Guillaume Apollinaire, Flesh Unlimited: Two Erotic Novellas, page 17. From the entry masturbatrix
• In Joan's mind the name gleamed now like a fold of satin.1990, Alice Munro, Friend of My Youth, .Stories, →ISBN, page 187. From the entry matilda
• Beside the wineblue sea, magnificent silver tanks big as a mountain gleamed in the sun.1988, E. C. Curtsinger, Towers, Crosses, page 255. From the entry wine-blue
• On the long dim landing a wink of light gleamed like an eye in a copper fish-kettle.1975, Philip Glazebrook, The Eye of the Beholder, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, published 1976, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry fish-kettle
• Had earthquakes shaken the windows atilt so they mirrored intruders with distorted gleams and glares?1969, Ray Bradbury, “The Haunting of the New”, in I Sing the Body Electric!, New York: Knopf, page 136. From the entry atilt
• Beyond that black clot the sea lay, pale with last ashy gleam of day.1968, Ursula K. Le Guin, chapter 7, in A Wizard of Earthsea, page 123. From the entry ashy
• At the rustle of a bandicoot we noticed the upraised gleam of eyes around the fires.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 149. From the entry bandicoot
• In so far as they forecaught the gleam from the morning star they are guides for us.1929, The Christian Advocate, volume 104, page 13. From the entry forecatch
• There was a flash of lights, the sound of a frenzied, wordless struggle, the gleam of Mr.1920, F. St. Mars, Off the Beaten Track, page 242. From the entry allwhither
• A nickelplated warrior gleamed from the top of a baseburner that showed pink through its mica doors.1918, Fannie Hurst, Gaslight Sonatas. From the entry baseburner
• IT is hard to believe that this gleaming bit of bakingware has just come from the oven.1917 November 1, Vogue, page 128. From the entry bakingware
• Her new Saratoga trunk stood solid and gleaming in the firelight.1915, Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs, Broadview, published 2014, page 55. From the entry Saratoga trunk
• They stood on the foot-bridge over Boathouse Station and looked at the metals gleaming coldly.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 7”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry metals
• Fu-Manchu, to see the gleaming, chatoyant eyes, greenly terrible, as they sought to pierce the gloom.1913, Sax Rohmer, chapter XXIII, in The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu. From the entry chatoyant
• On the way in, I passed a small exhibit of zero-flush, eco-flush, and composting toilets in gleaming white.2024 April, Joe Roman, Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World, Profile, page 96. From the entry peecycling
• From here we can see the River Niger in the distance running across town, a long gleaming diamond in the horizon.2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 290. From the entry niger
• Luscious short brown hair, almond-shaped eyes, gleaming smiles, there is no one as extravagant as her beloved, Bagwis.2020 September, Darcy Encarnacion, “When It Falls”, in Scribbles, volume 1, number 1, Manila: De La Salle University Writers’ Guild, page 14. From the entry fresh
• To wit, on certain year-days he would tarry alone in his tower, and his lamp might be seen gleaming till midnight.2020, Georg Ebers, The Historical Romances of Georg Ebers. From the entry yearday
• Tsuen Wan is a working-class area near Hong Kong’s border with the Chinese mainland, miles from the city’s gleaming financial district.[2019 October 1, Mike Ives, “Hong Kong Police Shoot a Protester, 18, With a Live Bullet for the First Time”, in The New York Times, →ISSN…. From the entry mainland China
• Asharal quickly advanced against my lady, his steps precise, the great gleaming blade in his grasp still wet with blood.2017 July 13, Jeremy Forsyth, chapter 2, in The Evening Tide (Sun, Moon, Sand and Star; 1), Amazon Digital Services, →ISBN. From the entry elvess
• The sun above gleams like a shining jewel, but even its brightness is nothing compared to the resplendence of the Empire.2016, Kazerad, Crowdfunding Receipt Comic, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), October 31 2016. From the entry resplendence
• Cradled in the arms of Night, the gleam of moon and candlelight bring images alive from days gone by.2013, Will Moody, Candlelight Reflections, page 65. From the entry candlelight
• Under the bright lights, the silver gleamed.2013 July, I. C. Enger, “Olena”, in Green Ice: A Lake House Mystery, Hanford, Calif.: Oak Tree Press, →ISBN, page 155. From the entry tryzub
• The gleam of Manhattan's moneyscapes – the lavish fundraising banquets, the mansions, the clothes – have an Arabian Nights allure.2010 September 23, Peter Rainer, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps: movie review”, in The Christian Science Monitor. From the entry moneyscape
• They stopped only when they came to the first deep pools gleaming with oily reflections in the dwine of the daylight.2009, Sheri S. Tepper, Grass, page 327. From the entry dwine

Meaning of gleam

1. noun An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.
2. noun An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.
3. noun A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something.

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Questions about gleam in a sentence

How do you use gleam in a sentence?

Gleam is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The rescue workers preserved a gleam of optimism that the trapped miners might still survive.”

What is a short sentence with gleam?

“Under the bright lights, the silver gleamed.”

What does gleam mean?

Gleam means an appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.