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

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 Merriman, Henry Seton

And no Moro on this island would wear thick glasses, from which the firelight had glinted momentarily.

From The Pirates of Shan by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

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 Haggard, Henry Rider

The yellow which had glinted in his eyes during the run was afire now.

From The Seventh Man by Brand, Max