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beaming

noun C1
  1. The act of someone or something that beams. (countable, uncountable)
  2. The use of beams (horizontal bars) to group notes and indicate metric value. (countable, uncountable)

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Villefort immediately rose from table and quitted the room upon the plea of urgent business; he soon, however, returned, his whole face beaming with delight.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 53 · C1
Spencer returned, flushed and beaming, quite capable of taking any and every difficulty, physical, mental or spiritual, into consideration and settling it out of hand.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 57 · C1
“Yes,” looked the invalid, his eye beaming with delight at the ready interpretation of his meaning.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 622 · C1
At the expiration of ten minutes the clerk returned with a beaming countenance.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1065 · C1

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