glimmer
/ˈɡlɪmɚ/ verb C2- To shine with a faint, unsteady light. · the glimmering dawn a glimmering lamp· The fireflies glimmered in the dark.
He/she/it glimmers · Past glimmered · Past participle glimmered · -ing form glimmering
Verb forms
- Base form
- glimmer
- He/she/it
- glimmers
- Past
- glimmered
- Past participle
- glimmered
- -ing form
- glimmering
From the library
For a moment he convulsively pressed his head within his hands, and during that brief period he became nearly mad with terror; but soon a ray of hope glimmered in the multitude of thoughts which bewildered his mind, and a faint smile played upon his white lips and pallid cheeks.
I thought they would be lovely glimmering purple stones.
You can imagine my surprise when, as I looked down this corridor, I saw a glimmer of light coming from the open door of the library.
As he came out into the glimmering patch of light, we saw that he carried something white under his arm.
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