glint
noun
a tiny, quick flash of light.
had glinted
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past perfectof glint.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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For in the falling light, she could see what had glinted from the emperor’s collar.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
While I walked I wondered hard whether the light had glinted upon the tip of a buck's horn in that patch of green bush with the sweet-smelling white flowers a night or two ago.
From Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales by Henry Rider Haggard
The yellow which had glinted in his eyes during the run was afire now.
From The Seventh Man by Max Brand
She recalled his lean, pale face—so pale that freckles she did not know he had showed through—and his eyes, usually so soft and mild, had glinted like steel.
From The Border Legion by Zane Grey
They gazed in vain for some time, then a little murmur of excitement told that the sun had glinted again on burnished steel.
From From One Generation to Another by Henry Seton Merriman
