as in gleamed
to shoot forth bursts of light
this seemingly dull opal really glistens in full light
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Recent Examples of glistened
On Wednesday afternoon, crews from the Key Largo Harbor Marina, where the boat is docked, worked to place yellow booms around the boat to try containing the diesel, which glistened in a rainbow slick on top of the water.
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 10 Dec. 2025
Just take a look at Rapunzel, Galadriel, and Sailor Moon—all mythical beings whose hair never tangled (only floated and glistened).
—Loren Savini, Allure, 4 Dec. 2025
The asphalt glistened like black glass, catching the blurred reflections of domes and columns.
—Ahmed Naji, The Dial, 18 Nov. 2025
The model glistened from head to toe, completing her look with a pair of transparent Gianvito Rossi pumps.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
That summer of 1996 felt like a golden time, but Wembley no longer glistened.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The afro-mohawk, big gold chain, sideburns, yellow sleeveless vest, blue shorts and a layer of sweat that glistened his forehead.
—Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glistened
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The china gleamed, the Waterford sparkled, and the silver was polished.—
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Voukenas Petrides’s Split Tube Chair Also at Gallery FUMI, Greek designer duo Voukenas Petrides’s Split Tube Chair gleamed from the floor.—
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In 2023, astronomers reported that some of these satellites were already photobombing images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, as sunlight glinted off their surfaces leaving bright trails that erase, obscure or mimic genuine cosmic signals.—
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Chalk dust glinted like pollen or asbestos in the sunshine coming through the window.—
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Club employees checking IDs donned bomber jackets that shimmered gold.—
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The Manhattan skyline shimmered in the distance.—
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And his feel and vision on the puck flashed.—
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The lookalike duo flashed their identical warm smiles while attending the Mothers & Daughters 4 Choice event back in '94.—
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Diamond bracelets also sparkled at her wrists.—
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Gloria Gaynor sparkled wearing a glittering pale pink dress complete with a matching cape.—
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“Glistened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glistened. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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