glint
noun
a tiny, quick flash of light.
are glinting
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present progressiveof glint.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Mom takes half the books from me, and I see her eyes are glinting with excitement.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
E'en now behold the sun's advancing gleams, The heralds of his coming, but the dearth Of words forbid my telling how the streams, And dewy grass are glinting, sparkling in the beams.
From Canada and Other Poems by T. F. (Thomas Frederick) Young
Lizards are glinting about on the hot rocks; some that live near the camp are more than half tame.
From My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir
Here, there, everywhere along the southern face are glinting shafts or points on rocks or ridge.
From A War-Time Wooing A Story by Charles King
Think you, when the stars are glinting, Or the moonlight's shimmering gleam Paints the water's rippled surface With a coat of silvered sheen— Think you then that God, the Painter, Shows his masterpiece divine?
From Choice Readings for the Home Circle by Anonymous
