glint
noun
a tiny, quick flash of light.
was glinting
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past progressiveof glint.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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And his other hook, Violet saw, was glinting in the moonlight as it reached right toward her.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
The silver cart was glinting merrily, reflecting the lights of the Tag and Bag parking lot.
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
There was bright sunshine, but it must have been raining earlier that day because I can remember how the sun was glinting on the muddy surface of the grass.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
It was chipped in places and something white was glinting at the end.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
The thermometer was hovering just under seventy, and the sun was glinting off the Cut just as it had that day a year before.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
