glimmer
noun
a faint or unsteady light; gleam.
had glimmered
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past perfectof glimmer.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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This was the ardently-looked-for letter that had glimmered like a star of hope and promise of better things throughout this miserable day, and Annie lost all control of herself.
From Opening a Chestnut Burr by Roe, Edward Payson
The vital spark which had glimmered faintly in the socket, received fresh fuel from the oil of gladness, which the little lawyer poured into his soul.
From Tales of a Traveller by Irving, Washington
In old days it had glimmered for distant mariners, who pointed to it as the Dardanelles light.
From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest
The cherubim drooped and the pomegranates lay In the dust with the lamps that had glimmered all day; The censers and altar the ashes must claim, Though their unalloyed gold be the gold of Parvaim.
From Indian Legends and Other Poems by Horsford, Mary Gardiner
Yvonne's greeting of her brother appeared to have quenched the spark of spirit that for a moment had glimmered in the little man's breast.
From The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes by Sabatini, Rafael
