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

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 Beckford, William

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

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 Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

Had the room been dark his eyes might have gleamed like those of a tiger.

From The Cottage of Delight A Novel by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)