Example Sentences

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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

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

Then, looking no more behind him, he strode off across the maple-grove, through which, now, the first pale stars were glimmering.

From The Air Trust by England, George Allan

So we went along by the hurrying brook, which fell over little cascades in its haste, never looking once at the primroses that were glimmering all along its banks.

From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)