glisten
verb (used without object)
to reflect a sparkling light or a faint intermittent glow; shine lustrously.
had glistened
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past perfectof glisten.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Her face burned, and seemed to dry up the tears which had glistened, but did not fall.
From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
The stranger gazed about the room, and when his lustrous smile had glistened upon all the golden objects that were there, he turned again to Midas.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
The stranger gazed about the room; and, when his lustrous smile had glistened upon all the golden objects that were there, he turned again to Midas.
From The New McGuffey Fourth Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes
They had glistened as if burnished by the fires of fever.
From The Hollow of Her Hand by McCutcheon, George Barr
Old Maggie's eyes had glistened with something like an expression of pleasure when she saw her daughter set at liberty.
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir
