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• They were all shocked when the crews saw the lights and glinting steel of a ghost ship.2008 February, Dallas Tanner, chapter 32, in Wake of the Lake Monster (The Cryptids Trilogy; book 3), [s.l.]: Trilogus Books, →ISBN, pages…. From the entry sargasso
• When her headcloth came off, the coils of hair shone night-black, with hoarfrosty glints of silver.2001, Poul Anderson, Mother of Kings, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 312. From the entry hoarfrosty
• His uniform was undirtied by the dust of the roads, his boots sparkling; even his spurs glinted.1997, Richard Howard, Bonaparte’s Sons: An Alain Lausard Adventure, Canelo, published 2018, →ISBN. From the entry undirty
• A splendidiferous two-roomed tent was the surrounds, with the Thames glinting quietly just a few yards away.1987, Napfield Limited, Blues & Soul, Issues 486-498, The Virginia University Press, page 33. From the entry splendidiferous
• But he who found it saw a glint of the brass, amid the leaves.1985, John Fowles, A Maggot. From the entry goyal
• She noted the glint cast by the candles upon his shirt-front.1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson. From the entry carven
• When he reversed out of yet another cul-de-sac , with the eyes of a huge confusion of wildebeest glinting in.2022, Issy Hogg, Covid Cancer Craic. From the entry confusion
• It’s like I can see the glinting prize at the end of the race, far in the distance.2016, Lila Monroe, Head Over High Heels. From the entry patronus
• Shoo bird!” The bird merely stared, its dark eyes glinting.2009, Coleen D'Andrea, The Harbinger, page 30. From the entry scat
• In Red Hat, use the glint package management system and the Applications subdirectory to locate the font files.1999, Bernice Sacks Lipkin, LaTeX for Linux. From the entry package management system
• He stood up and pulled on a dayrobe that glinted with silver-threaded embroidery around the hem and neckband.1987 January, Catherine Cooke, chapter 14, in Veil of Shadow, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 187. From the entry dayrobe
• That her eyes had long ago glinted with laughter.1950, Mervyn Peake, chapter 28, in Gormenghast, Penguin, published 1969, page 185. From the entry waxen
• A glint of the gibbous moon reflected off the water, but it was hard to see the building clearly in the dark forest.2024, Margaret Killjoy, The Sapling Cage, →ISBN. From the entry gibbous
• He’d lie in it with his “Grandpie”—swinging back and forth, watching the sun glint through the tree’s leaves above, singing made-up songs.2024, Sarah Asermily, “A Blue Bird Day”, in Amy Newmark, editor, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles, Angels & Messages from Heaven, Cos…. From the entry grandpie
• The ninjatō’s twenty-three-inch blade glinted in the noonday sun, as bright and clear as the day Sensei Yamamoto had presented it to him in Okinawa.2010, Max Brooks, “Steve and Fred”, in John Joseph Adams, editor, The Living Dead 2, San Francisco, Calif.: Night Shade Books, →ISBN…. From the entry ninjatō
• The day was blue and gold and bright with a light that filled sky and sea, glinting through air clear as glass.1990, Kathleen Snow, Aguahega, A New Novel, page 164. From the entry fog mull
• Nella wished him luck and started to walk away, still unsure if that glint in his mouth was a grill or just a few golden teeth.2021, Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl, Bloomsbury, page 213. From the entry grill
• "What about a doc in a box, strip-mall medicine, cash out of pocket for primary care stuff?" Marla asked, with a glint of hope in her tear-filled eyes.2019, James Steele, The Nocturnist. From the entry doc-in-a-box
• She would drive into Leeston to that posh hairdresser's, 'Sue and Nicky', and have the whole cabosh, especially a rinse to bring out the copper glints in her hair.2007, Frances Paige, The Learning Curve, page 149. From the entry cabosh
• It is always there in Irish life, the wrist's twist that flirts aside the decent cloth, damask or calico, and shows for a glinting instant the sharpened knife.1988, Thomas Flanagan, novel: The Tenants of Time chapter 13. From the entry flirt
• The light of the bicycle lamp sheered yellowly across the dark, catching a glint of raindrops, a mist of darkness, shadow of leaves and strokes of long grass.1930, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Love among the Haystacks. Chapter IV.”, in The Short Novels, volume I, London: William Heinemann…. From the entry yellowly
• Every one noticed her eyes; the brown iris had golden glints that made them look like gold-stone, or, in softer lights, like that Colorado mineral called tiger-eye.1913 June, Willa Sibert Cather, chapter I, in O Pioneers!, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], →OCLC, part I (The…. From the entry tiger's eye
• Suddenly, the short, swarty man was again before us with his broad smile, so ill suited to the grim glint of his eyes, beckoning to us to gather round him.2002, Corneliu Leu, The Islands. From the entry swarty
• As he takes the road marked BREWER 16 he can see cattycornered across the main street the dirtdigger's pumps and his dark window full of glinting shovels and fishing rods.1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 35. From the entry catty-corner
• But I noticed, also, whenever one, with a show of fight, tried to break past, that her eyes glinted and showed bright, and she rapped it smartly with her club.1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC. From the entry rap

Meaning of glint

1. noun A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.
2. noun A brief look; a glance.
3. adjective Not sharp; dull.

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Questions about glint in a sentence

How do you use glint in a sentence?

Glint is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “I saw the glint of metal as he raised the gun.”

What is a short sentence with glint?

“The knife is glint.”

What does glint mean?

Glint means a short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.