Example Sentences

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Designed by architect Richard Meier, the sprawling hilltop complex is gleaming with manicured gardens, breathtaking city views and a museum, making it the perfect backdrop for a romantic date.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

Her temporary kitchen is gleaming white and appointed with items commonplace and ridiculous, but useful.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

Life inside the shimmering Star is gleaming, upbeat, even giddy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2016

Downtown is gleaming spectacularly while neighborhoods like Slavic Village, Central, Kinsman, Hough, and Glenville are still struggling with deeply entrenched poverty.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2016

Everything is gleaming and shivering from the drizzle.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day