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How to use glisten in a sentence

16 example sentences · verb, noun

Glisten means to reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash. Example: “The boat's wake left two strands of white water that glistened in the moonlight.”

Examples of glisten by meaning

nounA glistening shine from a wet surface.

  • In his clear northern flesh and his fair hair was a glisten like sunshine refracted through crystals of ice.1920, D.H. Lawrence, chapter 1, in Women in Love

More sentences with glisten

  • The boat's wake left two strands of white water that glistened in the moonlight.From the entry white water
  • The gourmet 'treat' glistened repellently. I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot chopstick.From the entry repellently
  • The sunlight glistened in the dew on the web.From the entry web
  • A brief sparkle glistened in Jasmine's eyes as she remembered the sick little girl.2014, Kitty Margo, Lynna's Destiny, Isleworth: Buttercup Publishing, page 161. From the entry presh
  • And I told him everything; his perfect teeth glistened, a dimple flattered his flawless butt-chin.2006, Carol Weston, Melanie in Manhattan, page 261. From the entry butt-chin
  • The tarmac road glistened oilily, the sun poured down, there was a strong smell of warm tar.1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 158. From the entry oilily
  • My eyes glisten unseemlily I know, and I grab and pounce with disgusting greed.1931, Virginia Woolf, The London scene. From the entry unseemlily
  • The steel blade glistens, slips effortlessly inside.2011, Christopher R. Howard, Tea of Ulaanbaatar. From the entry lockblade
  • A rabe hero glistens with a sheen of olive oil and comes on a soft roll, studded with golden-brown garlic cloves.2010, Anthony Di Renzo, Bitter Greens, page 96. From the entry rabe
  • Rodney's life glistened like a Pepsodent commercial.2004, Dale Andrew White, Moe Howard Died for Our Sins: Made-To-Fit Tales for the Maladjusted, page 56. From the entry Pepe Le Pew
  • An unwilling little glisten had come into the violet eyes.1939 June, Jack Williamson, “One Against the Legion”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 23, number 4, page 138. From the entry blaster
  • The overcast was solid, great plates of corrugated iron fused from horizon to horizon, and the streets glistened in the rain: a metallic futureworld.2007 April 16, Robert D. Mcfadden, “East Coast Storm Breaks Rainfall Records”, in New York Times. From the entry futureworld
  • Ebullient and normally sparkly-eyed, Lockwood glistens today with the added stimulus of the makeup-remover that, still drying on her cheeks, brings up an occasional tear.1986 December 14, Calvin Ahlgren, “Mime Trouper Masters Berkeley’s ‘Servant’”, in Datebook (San Francisco Chronicle), page 29, columns 1–2. From the entry makeup-remover
  • A tear grew and globed and slowly, tarryingly, slipped down her cheek into her hair, where it glistened a moment in jewel brilliance, then vanished.1918, Rupert Hughes, The Unpardonable Sin, page 38. From the entry tarryingly
  • Pistachio and date-filled cakes glisten under a glass cloche as customers drinking cardamom tea settle into brightly tapestried pouf chairs at the Pouya café and cultural center in Paris.2025 June 27, Colette Davidson, Mark Sappenfield, “For Iranian diaspora in Europe, the war back home is a dilemma”, in The Christian…. From the entry cloche

Meaning of glisten

  1. verb To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.
  2. noun A glistening shine from a wet surface.

Full definition of glisten

Questions about glisten in a sentence

How do you use glisten in a sentence?
Glisten is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The boat's wake left two strands of white water that glistened in the moonlight.”
What is a short sentence with glisten?
“Rodney's life glistened like a Pepsodent commercial.”
What does glisten mean?
Glisten means to reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.

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