glitter
/ˈɡlɪtəɹ/ verb C2- To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam. · a glittering sword
- To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive. · the glittering scenes of a court
He/she/it glitters · Past glittered · Past participle glittered · -ing form glittering
Verb forms
- Base form
- glitter
- He/she/it
- glitters
- Past
- glittered
- Past participle
- glittered
- -ing form
- glittering
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They walked over a pavement of the same green marble, and where the blocks were joined together were rows of emeralds, set closely, and glittering in the brightness of the sun.
By the torchlight Dantès saw the glittering sabres and carbines of four gendarmes.
And that glittered and winked in the dark.
His eyes fairly glittered as he spoke, and he put his hand over his heart and bowed as if to some applauding crowd conjured up by his imagination.
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