glisten
verb (used without object)
to reflect a sparkling light or a faint intermittent glow; shine lustrously.
will glisten
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future tenseof glisten.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Soon the streets of the City will glisten like white walls, like Zion, the holy city, the capital of heaven!
From Time Magazine Archive
If we can keep the rules he gave This land he more than fought to save, Our future fame will glisten forth Grand as the winter-lighted North!
From City Ballads by Carleton, Will
To him thus his friend made answer, Smiling archly: "Yes, 't will glisten, But if you would paint it first, And then whitewash o'er the pictures, The effect would be much better".—
From The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by MacCarthy, Denis Florence
One day you will cease to curse me, and, perhaps a tear of pity will glisten in the eye now flashing with scorn and anger.
From Old Fritz and the New Era by Langley, Peter
When my words are words of wisdom All her spirit I can move, At my wit her eyes will glisten, But she flies and will not listen If I dare to speak of love.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
