Example Sentences

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Beats hummed, lights glimmered and about 200 young men and women traded emerald-green tiles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

In a small village further up the beach, Christmas lights glimmered in the dark.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2023

Even in that video, however, the falls glimmered behind the human parade, shocking in their beauty.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2023

Then, as he did throughout the night, Clemons took center stage and wailed on his sax that glimmered in the setting sun.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2023

Its high ice glimmered palely, but down below all was shadow.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin