Choose the Right Synonym for glisten

Verb

flash, gleam, glint, sparkle, glitter, glisten, glimmer, shimmer mean to send forth light. flash implies a sudden outburst of bright light. lightning flashed gleam suggests a steady light seen through an obscuring medium or against a dark background. lights gleamed in the valley glint implies a cold glancing light. glinting steel sparkle suggests innumerable moving points of bright light. the sparkling waters glitter connotes a brilliant sparkling or gleaming. glittering diamonds glisten applies to the soft sparkle from a wet or oily surface. glistening wet sidewalk glimmer suggests a faint or wavering gleam. a distant glimmering light shimmer means shining with a wavering light. a shimmering satin dress

Examples of glisten in a Sentence

Verb Rain made the streets glisten. The streets glistened in the rain. Her eyes glistened with tears. a long beach of glistening sand

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Zellige tiles glisten in this small galley kitchen designed by Shapeless Studio. — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 14 June 2022 The formula will keep you hydrated, while also providing shine to make your tats glisten in the sun. — ELLE, 1 June 2022 Floating in the lazy river-like current, swaths of tiny life forms glisten in the sunlight. Algae. — Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 19 May 2022 The finished rice should glisten red, each grain slicked with a touch of pork fat, but not be clumpy. — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022 Truck nuts glisten off the back bumper, swinging low with challenging and poetic weight. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2022 Rendered mostly in eddies of white and various blues, the semiabstract seascapes glisten with hard-edge acrylic pigments and shiny materials such as glass beads. — Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2022 To make sure the seasoning sticks, heat the chips on a rimmed sheet pan in a 375-degree oven for 8-10 minutes until the oil in the chips starts to glisten. — Casey Barber, CNN, 9 Feb. 2022 In the foreground, the lights of Mill Avenue glisten bellow and the sunset reflects off Tempe Town Lake. — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 4 Feb. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Richie is almost back at the water fountain, eyes a-glisten with memory. — Danyel Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2022 Orb spider webs glisten in tall grassy spots on dewy mornings. — Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 22 July 2021 But according to celebrity makeup artist Lisa Aharon-who works with actresses Zosia Mamet and Rachel Brosnahan-glittery, glisten-y formulas are the ones to stay away from. — Nikki Brown, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2021 The adornment was little, but there was character in Halston’s swirling batik treatments or the aquatic glisten of an uncolored sequin paillette. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 14 May 2021 In the clips, dark metallic polyhedrons rotate on loop and glisten—a reference to Lemercier’s installations in the physical world. — Gregory Barber, Wired, 6 Mar. 2021 Refined details began to emerge: the woman’s warm skin tone, the glisten of her jewelry, the elegance of her lace collar. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Feb. 2020 As the shoot moved to Gaye's backyard, a light snow began to fall, lending a peaceful glisten to the singer’s black jacket. — Brian Mccollum, Freep.com, 12 July 2020 Magic is everywhere — not simply in the movie's narrative but in its design: drops of water glisten and sparkle, the sun breaks through the clouds with impossibly bright slivers of light, a prism of colors in brisk pinks, purples, and blues. — Maya Phillips, TheWeek, 22 Jan. 2020 See More

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