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 • Mar. 6, 2023
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 • Dec. 15, 2016
For eight days, on alternate four-hour shifts, he watched with aching and bleary eyes those glinty metallic forms move against the vague background.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
He was about to gasp out her name when she met his eyes with a glinty stare and a quick shake of the head.
From The Madness of May by Steele, Frederic Dorr
She had quantities of dark-brown hair, crisp and glinty, though not sleek, with eyebrows noticeably dark and heavy.
From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Lewis, Sinclair
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