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glimmered

  • past participle
    of glimmer.
    glimmer
    noun
    a faint or unsteady light; gleam.
  • past tense form
    of glimmer.
    glimmer
    noun
    a faint or unsteady light; gleam.

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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

The air was calm and boats glimmered far off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024

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

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023

The sun glimmered on the sea outside his west-facing windows.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

It was caked in dirt, but when he pulled it out, the soil fell away and it glimmered white as pearl.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor