Example Sentences

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All gestures here are grand gestures; all soirées are glittering soirées; all mirrors are magic mirrors; every ferocity is a genuine ferocity; every grill is a brazier; every regret a bitter one.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2017

As are glittering high rise office towers, designed by the usual premier league of celebrity architects.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2010

The costumes are glittering and colorful; Katharine Cornell, superb; Lowell Sherman, sedulously rakish.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss Larsen’s eyes are glittering strangely, and a red rash has crept up her neck.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

His eyes are glittering with a familiar rage, but for once it isn’t directed at me.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black