gleam
/ɡlim/ verb C2- Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light) to shine.
- To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter.
- To be strongly but briefly apparent.
Plural gleam · He/she/it gleams · Past gleamed · Past participle gleamed · -ing form gleaming
Verb forms
- Base form
- gleam
- He/she/it
- gleams
- Past
- gleamed
- Past participle
- gleamed
- -ing form
- gleaming
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But she did hope fervently that she would be among the first ten at least, so that she might see Matthew’s kindly brown eyes gleam with pride in her achievement.
“Yes,” said Danglars, darting at Edmond a look gleaming with hate.
Number one hundred and twenty-seven is ‘is’—‘There is’ “—Holmes’s eyes were gleaming with excitement, and his thin, nervous fingers twitched as he counted the words—“‘danger.’ Ha!
We don’t seem to get a gleam of light in the case, Mr.
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