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 Edward Payson Roe
There was very little light; for the night had grown darker as it wore on, and the few stars that had glimmered faintly had hid their diminished heads behind the piles of inky clouds.
From The Midnight Queen by May Agnes Fleming
Some thought had glimmered vaguely in her restless mind; she could not recover it.
From The Whirlpool by George Gissing
In the sea of shadows that slumbered before them a light had glimmered forth.
From A Love Episode by Émile Zola
Involuntarily Sheila's own arms had reached forth in answer; she had taken a stumbling step forward; through the pale light there had glimmered on her, for an instant of revelation, the shadow's face.
From The Torch Bearer by Reina Melcher Marquis
