glimmer
noun
a faint or unsteady light; gleam.
were glimmering
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past progressiveof glimmer.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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There was a dim glow pulsing from the middle of the hazel thicket, as if a tiny cloud of stars were glimmering there.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
It was evening, and the stars were glimmering in the eastern sky as they passed the ruined oak and turned and went on down the hill between the hazel-thickets.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
The first traces of daylight were glimmering through the broken roof of the Honeycomb behind.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
He remarked now for the first time that the worthy man's eyes were glimmering moistly, and that he only continued eating in order to prevent his joyous embarrassment being marked.
From Four Phases of Love by Paul Heyse
The dusk had fallen over the hills and the lights were glimmering out from the town below through the growing darkness.
From The Highgrader by D. C. Hutchison
