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Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
Then, as a new century fires up, tons of fame-hungry bands pounce on it, polish its lofty sadness to a gleam, then roll it out to Warped Tour, to MTV, to Myspace, to Hot Topic, and ultimately, to the bank.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
Cooper, as an actor, has always had a preternatural gleam.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2023
Place additional candles around the arrangement to make the silver—and your guests' faces—gleam in the light.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
Shimmering pastels are pigmented from the shades of Earth’s metals; the slow patina of aging copper and the delicate gleam of alloyed steel.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 9 Aug. 2023
But Garcia was the fighter who, apparently, most made his eye gleam.
—Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
Yet, beneath the sparkle of celebrity and the gleam of success lies a beating heart: a team of dedicated professionals who value teamwork and harmony above all else.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
The plaster would have made the burial ground gleam white, a unique and permanent feature in the landscape.
—Matti Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2023
Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
Its rapturous central fugue, its searing sonority and plunging depths were all brought to gleaming life.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2023
Hints of soft peach glitter gleamed at showgoers from the runway.
—Kathleen Hou, ELLE, 9 Sep. 2023
From sparkling foil-like silver to gleaming gold (see Charithra Chandran’s look) to dramatic bronze, metallics dominated.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2023
At the golden hour, the corn stalks gleamed and the onset of fall seemed a little less dreadful.
—Sofia Jeremias, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
Scorpio October 23-November 21 Your reputation is positively gleaming right now.
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
Below us, as the haze dissipates, the island gleams green, a swath of velveteen shaped, to my mind, like nothing more symbolic than the webbed foot of a goose.
—WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
Cook’s, as it’s widely known, has hundreds of gleaming Harleys and other bikes parked out front on weekends, and riders and their girlfriends in full leathers enjoying rounds of beer and shots of whiskey.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
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Word History
Noun
Middle English gleem, from Old English glǣm; akin to Old English geolu yellow — more at yellow
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1508, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
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