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

It has glittered upon all the fields of battle.

From Hortense Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

This has glittered up there for 450 years, but previously the cupola was adorned by the Christian Cross.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders

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