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
Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 June 2025
The center gem is a large opal, glittering and bright, just like our sun.
—Jessica Rendall, Space.com, 4 June 2025
The massive textured gown featured an ombre yellow color and glittering embellishments.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Yet as the film wends its way through the narrow streets, harbors and glittering waters of Spain’s salty Galician coastline, immersing itself in chaotic gatherings of family and community, the title’s spiritual aspect takes on a rueful irony.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 May 2025
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Just before taking the stage in a glittering red gown, the Wicked star — who made her hosting debut at this year’s ceremony — ran into Winfrey, who gave her some sage advice.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 June 2025
The center gem is a large opal, glittering and bright, just like our sun.
—Jessica Rendall, Space.com, 4 June 2025
The massive textured gown featured an ombre yellow color and glittering embellishments.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Yet as the film wends its way through the narrow streets, harbors and glittering waters of Spain’s salty Galician coastline, immersing itself in chaotic gatherings of family and community, the title’s spiritual aspect takes on a rueful irony.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glittering
Adjective
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So in the brutalist chill and blinding night lights of St Gallen’s Kybunpark, there was Fishlock at the back post with 13 minutes on the clock.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 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
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This year, the rumors swirl, a constant, low hum: Outer Heaven and Cuatro Gato, two more flickering lights, are expected to fade.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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But there’s more flickering contrast in Narayan van Maele’s lensing, which alternates dun realism with occasionally hyperreal lighting and composition, particularly when the pagan promise of fire is in the frame.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2022
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There is a glaring lack of awareness concerning the condition, spanning from lack of research, lack of public discussion, lack of patient empowerment and a systemic dismissal of women’s health needs.—
Ime Ekpo,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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Indeed, Cold War–era American institutions and personalities who promoted the ideal of aesthetic autonomy while trying to dissuade writers and artists from left-wing politics and propagandizing (sometimes with the help of CIA subventions) represented a glaring contradiction.—
Pankaj Mishra,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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“Glittering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glittering. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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