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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Characters and plot points have equivalents in the play, but he has stretched into new themes in a wholly different milieu: a circle of glitteringly witty, chummily affectionate, gay New Yorkers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2019
Rome’s dolce vita period tends to be misremembered as a glitteringly hedonistic time, but they were also very lean years: “You know what the dolce vita was about? Cheap help,” Pepper says dryly.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2019
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
No less attention is given to Andy Warhol displaying his wounds after being shot by Valerie Solanas than a pair of twin babies in nappies, glitteringly alert and expectant.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2010
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
