glitter
verb (used without object)
to reflect light with a brilliant, sparkling luster; sparkle with reflected light.
have glittered
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present perfectof glitter.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 the fire’s glow, the foils, too, would have glittered, the towering roof posts appearing through the smoke as pillars of shining golden lights,” Price invites us to imagine.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2020
It could not have been bigger—it could not have glittered more.
From When the Yule Log Burns A Christmas Story by Leona Dalrymple
In the place itself you will see scarcely a trace of the great personages whose names have glittered in its list of sieges, battles, massacres, pageants, and triumphal entries.
From The Story of Rouen by Sir Theodore Andrea Cook
But Sir Jacques was a model of discretion; as an under-secretary he would have glittered in the political firmament.
From The Orchard of Tears by Sax Rohmer
Upon a fine day the streets must have glittered when a gentleman or lady passed by.
From English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop
