glitter
verb (used without object)
to reflect light with a brilliant, sparkling luster; sparkle with reflected light.
glitteringly
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a word derived from
glitter.
Example Sentences
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In a speech written by the principal dancers Teresa Reichlen and Adrian Danchig-Waring and read by the glitteringly confident Ms. Reichlen at the fall fashion gala, three words stuck out: dignity, integrity and honor.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2018
These include Gangloff’s moody portraits, Degen’s glitteringly surreal landscapes and the diagrammatic paintings by Masnyj, which function as strange inventories of objects and things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2016
Aided by Robert Greene’s abrupt editing, the movie’s images suggest sharp-edged, glitteringly detached shards of perception.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 18, 2015
In contrast to this work's drypoint beauty, Robin Holloway's Fifth Concerto for Orchestra – a BBC commission and world premiere – was lustrous and glitteringly orchestrated, with many surprising and highly original textures.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2011
Perry, his eyes glitteringly immense in a face now almost phosphorescently pale, studied the ceiling; and presently, after placing a picture postcard on the patient’s bedside table, the rebuffed visitor departed.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
