aglint
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of aglint
Example Sentences
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His step was springy, his shoulders squared, his eyes aglint with reminiscence as he strode on to the West Point parade ground to review the Corps of Cadets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Virtue of this kind is simply the eternal huntsman in man's breast with eyes aglint for a victim.
From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Robert Lynd
She danced to the flowers in her hand, to the trees, the sky, her face aglint with changing smiles, her skirts rippling like water.
From The Nest Builder by Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
House and outhouses white, and just now aglint in the white light of the sun, the whole ranch presented the appearance of diamonds nestling in a bed of emerald-green velvet.
From Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance by Marcus Horton
Then, stepping back a pace, he looked up, eagerly, into the dumfounded man's face, tail waving, dark eyes aglint with expectation.
From Further Adventures of Lad by Albert Payson Terhune
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