glitter
verb (used without object)
to reflect light with a brilliant, sparkling luster; sparkle with reflected light.
had been glittering
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past perfect progressiveof glitter.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Red Wolf's eyes had been glittering with delight.
From The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo by Stoddard, William O.
Yatsek, without a scratch, gazed at his work, as it were, with astonishment, and those sparks which a moment before had been glittering in his eyeballs began now to quench gradually.
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
