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

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

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

Looking down upon the charcoal-burners, they had gleamed like black diamonds; in talking, their soft glow waxed and waned.

From The Mystery of The Barranca by Whitaker, Herman

The past, that years of separation had dimmed and tarnished, had gleamed out from the shadows and taken shape before his eyes.

From The Gambler A Novel by Thurston, Katherine Cecil