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
His spirits rose; his mouth was set firm, and his eyes gleamed as they had gleamed when the crowd led him in triumph to his house three weeks ago.
From Half a Hero A Novel by Anthony Hope
Valencia Valletort's luminous eyes had gleamed that night under their lashes, and pierced through the lenses of his lorgnon.
From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida
