Example Sentences

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This is a vase for flowers, and the white smile of the god has gleamed through countless of my sweetest bouquets.

From Memories of Hawthorne by Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne

Nothing has been invented, nothing has been achieved, but has gleamed a bright-coloured Utopia in the eyes of one or the other of these men.

From Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country by Smith, Alexander

This little gem of thought has gleamed on Tadanori's memory through all the centuries and has brought vicarious fame even to his slayer, Tadazumi.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

To every immigrant since the founding of Jamestown this coast has gleamed upon the horizon as a Promised Land.

From Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making by Orth, Samuel Peter

Yes, sad and gloomy has been the picture, and light has gleamed but feebly there.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various