Gleaming

Word GLEAMING
Character 8
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Pronunciations /ˈɡliːmɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Gleaming"

What do we mean by gleaming?

To shine; to glitter; to glisten.

To be briefly but strongly apparent.

To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

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The word "gleaming" in example sentences

[and] brūnecg, _her broad sword with gleaming blade_, 1547. brūn-fāg, adj., _gleaming like metal_: acc.sg. brūnfāgne helm, 2616. bryne-lēoma, w. m., _light of a conflagration, gleam of fire _: nom. sg., ❋ Robert Sharp (1879)

[and] brûnecg, _her broad sword with gleaming blade_, 1547. brûn-fâg, adj., _gleaming like metal_: acc.sg. brûnfâgne helm, 2616. bryne-leóma, w. m., _light of a conflagration, gleam of fire _: nom. sg., ❋ Robert Sharp (1879)

Dawn glanced at the name gleaming on the white hull—The Second Time. ❋ Janet Dailey (2003)

Before them, in gleaming black stood Skeletor; a bio-mechanical hydraulic exo-skeleton. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now that I think about it, Corona does somewhat look like Madonna, despite her "refulgent peach-pink skin gleaming like translucent glass, almost porcelain to the eye, and her golden hair resembling fiber optic cables of fey brilliance." ❋ Marshallpayne1 (2010)

Though they're made with cheap material, the gardens are much loved and one home has even been referbed with a second story, a portch, a darling federation fence in gleaming white and a lovely earth-red tiled garden path. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If I crane my neck, I can see along a narrow corridor into the tiny kitchen, which appears to have had an extreme makeover in gleaming aluminium. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Nearby, a policeman, in gleaming pith helmet and khaki shorts, waved his gloved hands urgently while blowing his whistle, directing all traffic away from the bridge. ❋ Unknown (2007)

BAGHDAD Dressed in gleaming white robes, a small group of Sabians gathered on a Sunday afternoon to wash away their sins — and to forget about the problems facing Iraq and the followers of their ancient religion. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the summer, she often went without clothing, her skin gleaming white as she stood on Wall Street, knee-deep in a sea of business-suited bodies that inhaled and exhaled like the tide. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The money for the medicines I had bought was lying on the counter, the coins gleaming in the sun. ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (1992)

The sun was gleaming from a hot sky, and there was no wind. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The sparks flew round in gleaming showers, and the children laughed and shouted. ❋ Unknown (1910)

And once my brother John gave her a ribbon stiff with threads of gold which pleased her mightily at the time, though, the day after, I saw it gleaming from the wet of the park grass, whither she had flung it, for the caprices of a baby are beyond those of the wind, being indeed human inclination without rudder nor compass. ❋ Unknown (1900)

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