gleam
noun
a flash or beam of light.
is gleaming
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present progressiveof gleam (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Her temporary kitchen is gleaming white and appointed with items commonplace and ridiculous, but useful.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
What unites both pairs is gleaming stainless steel: metal that grounds them in space, and mirrors our own regard.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
Its lyrics are ornate and Anglophile, with syntax that frustrates the efforts of normal human Americans to follow along — to deduce who or what, exactly, is gleaming and streaming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2020
Life inside the shimmering Star is gleaming, upbeat, even giddy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2016
Everything is gleaming and shivering from the drizzle.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
