Example Sentences

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The small canvas shows a young woman set on a dark background, her head turned towards the viewer and a pearl earring glinting from beneath her blue and cream turban.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

The light is glinting on the dogs' baubles.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

"It's like many, many thousands of rotating, glinting ruffled potato chips."

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

You still can’t actually see things like power lines — a huge danger — but you can see the light glinting off the metal towers holding them up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

And hanging among them was my compass, glinting in the moonlight.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool