glinty
Americanadjective
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having a glint; sparkling.
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flashy and gaudy.
Example Sentences
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When Rock strode onto the stage dressed in all white against a glinty silver backdrop, it felt as if the celebration had already started.
From Washington Post
It’s Super Bowl week, which has meant very little the past three years in this NFL-abandoned Midwestern city, except this time the great, excessive American event features their old Rams — all Los Angeles and glinty now — against the team that ruined their potential dynasty 17 years ago.
From Washington Post
The musical is based on a book that reimagines “The Wizard of Oz” and its backstory through the glinty eyes of its witches — one of whom eventually goes green and mean.
From Washington Post
He'd been cold and his eyes had been glinty and distracted all weekend, and when he'd dropped her at school Candice had felt all sad and lost although she didn't usually, usually it was fine.
From Nature
Bukowski, for her part, delivered Norah Jones’ “Don’t Know Why” as if each note was a small, glinty gem strung together into a perfect glimmering strand.
From Los Angeles Times
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