[ US /ˈɡɫɪsən/ ]
[ UK /ɡlˈɪsən/ ]
VERB
  1. be shiny, as if wet
    His eyes were glistening
NOUN
  1. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
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How To Use glisten In A Sentence

  • Cart-horses furbished up for sale, with straw-bound tails and glistening skins; 'baaing' flocks of sheep; squeaking pigs; bullocks with their heads held ominously low, some going, some returning, from the auction yard; shouting drovers; lads rushing hither and thither; dogs barking; everything and everybody crushing, jostling, pushing through the narrow street. Hodge and His Masters
  • The glistening mushrooms were plump and earthy against the dry, crunchy pastry softened by the delicate, herby cream sauce.
  • Her straight, medium-length, blonde hair glistened, and her baby blue eyes and sweet red mouth were picture-perfect.
  • There were checkerberry-pipe and licorice-pipe and sassafras-pipe, and -- how Wort's eyes did glisten and his mouth water as he imagined the different kinds there! The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play
  • Brown pelicans dive into glistening sapphire waves to grab tiny silvery fish that jump from the water then fall back with a soft plop.
  • She'll approach the perfume counter boldly, spray her ample poitrine and graceful, swanlike neck until it's glistening like a freshly dunked donut and writhe in olfactory ecstasy. What to Give for Christmas to the Over-Applier?
  • The intruder was a big man, his face glistening with the effort of hoisting himself up. The Bullet Catchers
  • Darcy's face was white and glistening with sweat.
  • Glisten breastpin, no matter you fasten it on collar or hair, can have the effect that make the finishing point.
  • Sweat glistened on his forehead.
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