[
UK
/ɡlˈɪntɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈɡɫɪntɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɫɪntɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
a dress with sparkly sequins
glinting water
glinting eyes
`glistering' is an archaic term
bugle beads all aglitter
his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent
the scintillating stars
glittery costume jewelry
scintillant mica
shop window full of glittering Christmas trees
How To Use glinting In A Sentence
- He saw something glinting in the streetlight, and went over to investigate.
- The sun was a pale circle in the white sky, glinting dully on the frosty grass.
- As it was, his expression hardened, the catlike sharpness of his pupils glinting dangerously.
- Caliban hit him then, leaping out of the shadowed recesses under the next terrace up, long arms and longer legs wide and grasping, teeth glinting in earthlight. Ilium
- The tallest of the three had his jaws set hard, his green eyes glinting angrily.
- We need to picture a bright summer sun glinting off all the gold medals our athletes have won. Times, Sunday Times
- Mia looked so beautiful in her lavender dress, her hair slightly curled in long tousles, the beaded earrings glinting in the setting sun. The Love Goddess’ Cooking School
- Her husband replied, his piggish eyes glinting.
- What was that, glinting in the sunlight? Times, Sunday Times
- Down La Canebière I stroll, heading for the glinting, faraway turquoise eyespot of the Old Port, following women dressed in ankle-length raincoats and Islamic head scarves, long-faced men in frayed djellabas and knit skullcaps, gangly youths with scruffy beards. Sunstroked