glitter
verb (used without object)
to reflect light with a brilliant, sparkling luster; sparkle with reflected light.
has glittered
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present perfectof glitter (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In recent decades, Atlanta has glittered as black entertainers have made the city home.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 2020
To the top job of Director of Domestic Commerce Wallace named dark, good-looking Albert Jesse Browning, 46, who has glittered brilliantly in numerous top Washington jobs.
From Time Magazine Archive
The moon has shone on but few like it though she is old; the lake of Bolsena has glittered beneath none like it since the Etruscans here unbended after the solemnities of a triumph.
From The Path to Rome by Belloc, Hilaire
It has glittered upon all the fields of battle.
From Hortense Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
The little English Lords are expected,—Ladies, do not flutter so!—it is not the fascinating English Lord who has glittered like a diamond for two years past on the finger of Washington diplomacy.
From A Trip to Cuba by Howe, Julia Ward
