gleaming

[ glee-ming ]
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adjective
  1. giving off or appearing to give off light or brightness; radiant; shining: A cold, gray light filtered down through the bushes and lay on the faintly gleaming sand.The newest release is a gleaming composite of epic, unabashedly pretty '70s songwriting and fancy-pants disco hedonism.

Origin of gleaming

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Other words from gleaming

  • gleam·ing·ly, adverb
  • un·gleam·ing, adjective

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How to use gleaming in a sentence

  • “You must leave this house this moment,” she cried, with a stamp, with gleaming eyes and very pale.

    Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Kerry glared after the retreating figures for a moment, and a grin of fierce satisfaction revealed his gleaming teeth.

    Dope | Sax Rohmer
  • Dorothy descended from her lofty perch on the stool, and met the red gleaming eyes of Pincher intently watching all her movements.

    The World Before Them | Susanna Moodie
  • She fancied she could almost see the wings of angels gleaming in the purple sunlight.

  • Upon the intruder he turned a crimson, furious face, perspiration gleaming like varnish on brow and nose.

    St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini