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as in gleaming
to shoot forth bursts of light
the queen's crown glittered under the glare of the TV lights
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Recent Examples of glittering
Air Mail, 26 Apr. 2025
His gloriously excessive style brings his fantasy of midcentury Los Angeles to brilliant, glittering, hyper-violent life, and his personal obsession with the Black Dahlia case shines through on every page.
—Sara Gran, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
The book revealed the emotional wreckage that lay just beneath the seductive, glittering surface of a certain sector of France’s progressive cultural élite.
—Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Grab an aperol spritz and head to the coast of Capri with a new gothic suspense that proves darkness can lurk under even the most glittering surfaces.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The Victoria and Albert Museum is paying tribute to Cartier with a glittering new show.
—Air Mail, 26 Apr. 2025
His gloriously excessive style brings his fantasy of midcentury Los Angeles to brilliant, glittering, hyper-violent life, and his personal obsession with the Black Dahlia case shines through on every page.
—Sara Gran, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
The book revealed the emotional wreckage that lay just beneath the seductive, glittering surface of a certain sector of France’s progressive cultural élite.
—Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Grab an aperol spritz and head to the coast of Capri with a new gothic suspense that proves darkness can lurk under even the most glittering surfaces.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glittering
Adjective
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Still, some options will also include a red light setting, which produces less of a blinding effect for others, and strobe effects for emergency signaling.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
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The spherical object reportedly then burst into a blinding bright light.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Taipei, home to 2.6 million people, is one of the most scintillating metropoles in Asia.—
Livia Hengel,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Against elites, his Dangerous Fenwick is just over 50 percent, but his goal share (11-1) is a scintillating 91 percent.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Glaser, from a very glancing stylistic consideration, looks like a multicam by comparison.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Aug. 2024
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Even so, Joonam is too scattershot and distanced from culture and politics to resonate with the news — potentially the film’s greatest draw — in more than a glancing way.—
Caryn James,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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Meanwhile, Towns amplifies the style their franchise player likes to rock while also addressing a glaring positional need.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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The lackluster performance during Denver’s 31-7 loss to the Buffalo Bills, when the team’s running backs gained only 35 rushing yards on 11 carries, serves as the most glaring example.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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“Glittering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glittering. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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