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
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 Sinclair Lewis
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 Frederic Dorr Steele
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