agleam

[uh-gleem]

adjective

1. gleaming; bright; radiant.

   a city agleam with lights.

agleam

/ əˈɡliːm /

adjective

1. (postpositive) glowing; gleaming

Word History and Origins

Origin of agleam¹

First recorded in 1865–70; a- ¹ + gleam

Example Sentences

His blue eyes agleam, his trousers pressed, the former president, a wanderer accustomed to the planet’s cruel and harsh predicaments, offered coffee and pastries in his hotel room.

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“I’m going to lie to you tonight, a lot,” he says, eyes agleam.

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Or, as we see in “The Woman King’s” cut-to-the-quick opening scene, to rise silently from the grasses, sword out, midriff bared, shoulders agleam with sweat and firelight.

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Vivienne has come out of the crowd, cat eyes agleam, hair loose around her face.

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His eyes agleam, his voice leavened with the smoke of countless joints, the 71-year-old comic, writer, art collector, actor, potter and son of a Los Angeles cop is sanguine and contemplative about life’s curious trajectories.

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