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
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
In his eyes there shone a curious hunger—such a look as might have gleamed in the eyes of the prisoners behind the gates.
From The Bars of Iron by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
Had the room been dark his eyes might have gleamed like those of a tiger.
From The Cottage of Delight A Novel by Will N. (William Nathaniel) Harben
What a fire must have gleamed in his eagle eye, as he glanced from the heights of Caucasus!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various
