shimmery
shimmering; shining softly.
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How to use shimmery in a sentence
Like fairy-tale characters spinning straw into gold, the researchers transformed their plant-based slurry into long, shimmery ribbons.
This glitter gets its color from plants, not a synthetic plastic | Maria Temming | December 20, 2021 | Science News For StudentsGlitter and shimmery pigments are often made using toxic compounds or microplastics.
This glitter gets its color from plants, not a synthetic plastic | Maria Temming | December 20, 2021 | Science News For StudentsNo one is better at chronicling late 20th and early 21st century family affection, in all its thorny, shimmery beauty.
That allowed the researchers, like fairy-tale characters spinning straw into gold, to transform their clear, plant-based slurry into meter-long shimmery ribbons in a rainbow of colors.
This eco-friendly glitter gets its color from plants, not plastic | Maria Temming | November 18, 2021 | Science NewsWhen they grow up, males keep this shimmery, showy look, but females take on a drab appearance.
Analyze This: Some female hummingbirds go undercover | Carolyn Wilke | October 5, 2021 | Science News For Students
The hot-pink gift bags held tubes of shimmery eye shadow and sparkly necklaces.
Jeremy Hilton: U.S. Military’s First Male Spouse of the Year | Jesse Ellison | May 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe enlarged it, he graced it, he gave it intellectual ambition, and a particularly shimmery American tone.
Though the heat was intense, after a while shimmery haze began to spread over the sky, and there came a sudden change.
The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland | J. Irwin BrownA rich brocaded kirtle and shimmery silken paniers seemed to accentuate the dull pallor of her cheeks.
The Tangled Skein | Emmuska Orczy, Baroness OrczyShe had abandoned black and wore a satin gown of a soft color, shimmery and splendidly adorned with lace.
The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories | Charles Weathers BumpHe saw a small, elf-like girl in a very shimmery green frock.
Antony Gray,--Gardener | Leslie MooreI can just imagine you acting hostess in a shimmery sort of white-and-gold costume.
A Popular Schoolgirl | Angela Brazil
British Dictionary definitions for shimmery
/ (ˈʃɪmərɪ) /
shining with a glistening or tremulous light
glamorous; flashy
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