The glimmering mist of a spring rain splashed by sun and streaked by rainbow. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
How can it flatter any reasonable man to see himself set up in effigy, and his name glimmering on oiled paper!. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter VI. Book III] Reference
He spurred his mount to catch up to the knight, the sword glimmering magical light. From Wordnik.com. [Villains by Necessity]
Oft in glimmering Bowres, and glades. From Wordnik.com. [L'Allegro] Reference
"Mother, I have been an undutiful trouble to you, and I have my reward; but of late years I have had a kind of glimmering of a purpose in me too. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House]
“Mother, I have been an undutiful trouble to you, and I have my reward; but of late years I have had a kind of glimmering of a purpose in me too. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
With green leaf glimmering gray; and some there be. From Wordnik.com. [The Georgics] Reference
Her eyes were glimmering pools of ice and obsidian. From Wordnik.com. [Neophyte and Paradox] Reference
There was only a glimmering candle, and the hall was very dim. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
Only the barest weak glimmering of sunlight penetrated to the mud. From Wordnik.com. [Missing Link] Reference
She danced underneath glimmering stars, and cascading illuminations. From Wordnik.com. [A D O N I S] Reference
Philbin clicked off the radio and moved towards the glimmering hope. From Wordnik.com. [Who Will Carry Us?] Reference
Hill, we saw the outline of something glimmering through the fog, which. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Not one project to build glimmering solar farms has even broken ground. From Wordnik.com. [Solar Energy Projects On Public Land Plagued By Delays] Reference
Matinicus Rock glimmering; two lights, but they seem like one from here. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
There it was, right before me, glimmering all around in those eyes of his. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
Away in the distance he discovers a faint light glimmering as from a lantern. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature] Reference
The inn door was shut, but there was a light glimmering in one of the casements. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
At the dark place we lighted our torches and proceeded towards a glimmering light. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
Preston's interpretation of the song is pure joy, all slap-poppy bass and glimmering keys. From Wordnik.com. [Goodbye, Billy] Reference
It's like a little glimmering, a moment of insight and then it's on to the next challenge. From Wordnik.com. ['Apologize, Apologize!': A Rollicking Family Affair] Reference
And it is one o'clock when I see the river in front of us, glimmering in the misty moonlight. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
Through the haze I can see the forest glimmering … swaying and writhing … it ignites my curiosity. From Wordnik.com. [In the Forest of the Snake People (Part 1)] Reference
Deena found herself sitting up in bed, the early daylight making "the casement slowly grow a glimmering square.". From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
There is a "cloud of witnesses" -- a very dark one -- and it is hard, as yet, to discern in it any glimmering of truth. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference
But don't forget what I have said about his intelligence and that immortal something I have seen glimmering in his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
But its many glimmering moments rarely come together to form a single cohesive track, and the sonic ADD is annoying at best. From Wordnik.com. [Snap Judgment: Music] Reference
Even if I manage to crawl up out of here, enough of my precious minutes will have gone glimmering to upset all my calculations. From Wordnik.com. [Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School] Reference
The lamp shone dimly over the apartment, casting its glimmering rays upon the rich tapestry that hung from the walls around her. From Wordnik.com. [Fostina Woodman, the Wonderful Adventurer] Reference
On many cuts on this new solo release, Malo seems to be channeling the ghostly voice and glimmering guitar licks of Roy Orbison. From Wordnik.com. [Raul Malo Turns Out 'Lucky One'] Reference
The opportunity was not afforded me on that occasion, however, but the evening did not pass without my obtaining a glimmering of hope. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
The scripts always had a lot of animals, a lot of costuming, and none of the typical fun stuff — muscled soldiers and glimmering cars. From Wordnik.com. [A Real-Life Comic Book Superhero] Reference
Evening draws on, and the landscape glimmering fades away; the stars come out one by one and by and by the moon steals slowly up the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
A large barrel-shaped man in a thick, brimless hat had stepped ponderously up to the bar, and was talking to Joe with glimmering eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Lips that Touch Liquor: The Gin Buck] Reference
It was just daybreak, but by the faint glimmering light he could plainly distinguish the figures of a man and a woman upon the distant beach. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
A glimmering of the truth may occasionally dawn on the minds of those who went into the contest with entire confidence in the justice of their cause. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
We look out into the night and see here and there a star glimmering in the darkness, and we say, "How dark the night is; how few stars are to be seen!". From Wordnik.com. [Why and How : a hand-book for the use of the W.C.T. unions in Canada] Reference
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