gleam
noun
a flash or beam of light.
have gleamed
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present perfectof gleam.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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For all the plaudits due Harry Redknapp, however, the managerial talent to have gleamed most has been Owen Coyle's.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2010
There was just a little flash in his eyes, which came and went as sunlight might have gleamed across naked steel.
From The Wicked Marquis by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
The moon would then have gleamed upon the gigantic forms of Mars and Neptune, and discovered the statues of ancient heroes emerging from the gloom of their niches.
From Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by William Beckford
No iceberg in the northern reaches of his native inland sea could have gleamed more coldly bright than his hard eyes.
From The Men Who Wrought by Ridgwell Cullum
Although volcanic fires once have gleamed from the lofty summit of this mountain, old King Winter now sits here alone, Vulcan has deserted him, without leaving him a spark to heat his toes.
From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Gordon Stables
