glimmered
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past participleof glimmer.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
glimmernouna faint or unsteady light; gleam. -
past tense formof glimmer.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
glimmernouna faint or unsteady light; gleam.
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
The sun glimmered on the sea outside his west-facing windows.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
It was signed by Tristran, and beside his signature was a fingerprint, which glittered and glimmered and shone when the shadows touched it as if it had been dusted with tiny stars.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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