gleam
noun
a flash or beam of light.
had gleamed
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past perfectof gleam.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It had gleamed in the cold fluorescent light of the guinea-pig room.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2013
Hooper was watching him carefully Kingshaw saw the way his eyes had gleamed, suddenly, with triumph.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
Far away to the right the Anduin, that had gleamed fitfully in sun-breaks during the day, was now hidden in shadow.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Then she had gleamed wraithlike in the purple dusk of her purple room, with its purple-shaded lamps.
From The Brightener by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
“All the better!” she cried, brightening; and it seemed to the young officer as though the sun had gleamed for an instant on the tent wall.
From Special Messenger by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
