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shimmering

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verb

present participle of shimmer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmering
Adjective
  • Outside of the emotional rollercoaster of Keisha and Justin’s romance, the series offers generous and glittering depictions of family, friendship and young adulthood.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 May 2025
  • Leave it to Cartier to make the night’s most glittering party feel like an intimate encore.
    Ian Malone, Vogue, 6 May 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • The spherical object reportedly then burst into a blinding bright light.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Glaser, from a very glancing stylistic consideration, looks like a multicam by comparison.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • The attention required to keep up isn’t always rewarded by the most scintillating developments in a plot that tends more often to simmer on a medium flame than come to a boil.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
  • This user experience gap is a glaring oversight that leaves many customers frustrated, confused and wondering if the futuristic fintech promises were just clever marketing.
    Sal Rehmetullah, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • Brunson’s game-winning, ice-cold three only numbed the pain the Knicks endured — pain a better opponent will continue to impose on a team that has shown more glaring holes than bright spots.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
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“Shimmering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shimmering. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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