glimmering

American

[glim-er-ing] / ˈglɪm ər ɪŋ /

noun

a faint or unsteady light; glimmer.
a faint glimpse or idea; inkling.

adjective

shining faintly or unsteadily; shimmering.

Other Word Forms

glimmeringly

adverb

Etymology

Origin of glimmering

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at glimmer, -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

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Glimmering Los Angeles and Orange County sites — including the LAX pylons, the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2019

Glimmering Room? Angle of Yaw? Unless these are the kinds of fangs you have in mind, in which case, I’m sure I could drum somebody up for that too.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2013

In “Writers Writing Dying” Mr. Williams, who is 76, squints at the near horizon of his own passing, while in “The Glimmering Room,” Ms. Cruz homes in on deaths that arrive too soon.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2012

Glimmering ambient tics invoke the space-rock of early Pink Floyd.

From Chicago Tribune • Aug. 6, 2012

Glimmering tracks of blue-black amethysts crisscrossed the vast open space, connecting one side of the underground city with the other.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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