Example Sentences

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The palm trees will sway gently and the mountains will glimmer in the distance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2024

Yes, the Big Apple Circus has returned and for a little over a month New York will glimmer more brightly.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2023

Her crystal rhinestone cuff bracelets will glimmer under the incandescent spotlights.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2023

To-morrow's dawn will glimmer gray, Bright day will then begin to burn, But the dark sepulchre I may Have entered never to return.

From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Spalding, Henry

But here a smile will glimmer somewhat sadly over Monsieur du Miroir's visage.

From Monsieur du Miroir (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") by Hawthorne, Nathaniel