glisten
verb (used without object)
to reflect a sparkling light or a faint intermittent glow; shine lustrously.
are glistening
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present progressiveof glisten.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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His eyes are glistening beads under bushy eyebrows, spittle dribbles down his scraggly beard, liver spots decorate his weathered face.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2020
“He walks into a Home Depot or Lowe’s and his eyes are glistening with a faraway zeal, like one of those old prophets gazing into the promised land.”
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2019
Today, behind Xiamen’s pearl-white colonial terraces are glistening skyscrapers of steel and glass, where Chinese corporations extend their reach across every continent.
From Time ● Jan. 24, 2017
They are glistening like wet otters and the water is splashing off the brims of the spectators’ sou’westers.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2012
A few clumps of snow cling to the ends of bare branches overhead, and there are glistening white patches of it on the ground, but they’re thawing.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
