gleaming

UK /ˈɡliːmɪŋ/ US /ˈɡliːmɪŋ/

adj 1noun 1

Definitions

adj

Having a bright sheen.

The knight rode into battle with a gleaming sword.

The city skyline looked beautiful under the gleaming lights.

noun

A flash of reflected light.

ADJ.

beautiful, bright, faint, inexorable, last, light, little, new

VERB + GLEAMING

battle, eyes, set, stars

GLEAMING + NOUN

buildings, high-rise, jewel, moonlight, sword, violet

PREP.

in, out, with, with

noun — an appearance of reflected light

noun — a flash of light (especially reflected light)

adjective — bright with a steady but subdued shining

The knight rode into battle with a gleaming sword.

Wiktionary

The city skyline looked beautiful under the gleaming lights.

Wiktionary

The lake was gleaming in the bright sunshine.

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As I was eating lunch, Kichiya came to me and, while she was serving my meal, she was toying happily with her ring set with a gleaming jewel.

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When he went up into the town all the streets were gleaming with light, and the wedding of the Princess was just about to begin.

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Oh, say, can you see, the dawn’s early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?

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