Example Sentences

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Everything down there was shimmering, flitting in and out of sight, and suddenly I realized why.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2024

His velvet double-breasted blazer was shimmering bronze in color with peak lapels outlined in black.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2017

I was walking down Second Avenue and, suddenly, there it was, shimmering in the late afternoon sun, in the window of Urban Outfitters.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2014

Still, her sound was shimmering, plush and penetrating.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2011

The stone basin was shimmering in the cabinet in front of him, and Albus Dumbledore was standing beside him.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling