Word Finder - gleam

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A small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.

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A glimpse or hint; an indistinct sign of something.

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The rescue workers preserved a gleam of optimism that they might still survive.

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Brightness or shininess; splendor.

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To shine; to glitter; to glisten.

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To be briefly but strongly apparent.

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To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

The gleam in his gaze grew brighter.

He gazed at her for a long moment, an odd gleam in his eye.

The same gleam was in Wynn's eye that he remembered.

He could also, by the gleam of bayonets visible through the smoke, make out moving masses of infantry and narrow lines of artillery with green caissons.

She heard it in Wynn's, saw it in the ruthless gleam in his eyes.

The gleam of metal adds sophistication and dimension while infusing the room with a dynamic textural element.

Finish up with a spritz of shine spray for extra gleam.

In the gleam of the headlights Carol caught a glimpse of the graffiti scrawled across the walls on the opposite side of the street.

There was a look of tenderness, for he was touched, but also a gleam of irony on his face.

The hospital has developed or redeveloped services, which were only a gleam in somebody 's eye, into major facilities open to all.

Their eye-catching gleam and classic black details make these sleek and austere, yet sublimely elegant watches perfect for any occasion.

Shimmer blush is often used for outings at night-it adds a very light gleam to your cheekbones.

Polish off curly ends with a shine serum to finish and add gleam.

A silver metallic strip runs down the back of the shoe for a hint of gleam.

Here the gleam of the miner's lamp outshines the little coltsfoot that grows tenaciously on the spoil heap.

Intimate kindness navigating between forces catching the gleam, the sadness.

While the soldiers were shouting Kutuzov leaned forward in his saddle and bowed his head, and his eye lit up with a mild and apparently ironic gleam.

By day they worked under the rays of the scorching sun; by night, under the gleam of the electric light.

Gleam Metallic Mascara costs a little more than the Crown Metallic Mascara of the Volturi line.

Bright hardware adds just the right amount of gleam to a bag that really doesn't need much else.

The real shine comes courtesy of the rhinestone-accented metal buckles, which gleam for miles and promise to turn heads!

As the bomb fizzes away, the glitter is released into the water, leaving behind a soft gleam.

His eyes were like blazing torches; his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze.

The CSC vehicles parked outside the window gleam in their ' bald eagle ' paint jobs.

A pale gleam in a far corner reflected the light sneaking in under the rafters.

They gleam in green, lime, gold, and subtle variegations of cream, green, silver and gray.

Soft and so smooth, the metallic pink material looks adorable sitting atop any vanity and exudes a light gleam under the lights.

By using traditional metals in superior karat weights (principally 14k or 18k), the rings gleam, adding even more sparkle to the exquisite gems.

Shoes gleam and look more attractive, and the coating conceals any nicks or imperfections.

Its steel case has a satin finish with accents polished to a high gleam, and the black rubber strap is embossed with a Damier pattern.

Even the box takes on the bottle's hallmark blue hue, with a hint of metallic sheen adding an eye-catching gleam to the mix.

Adding colored votive candles gives an extra gleam of romantic lighting to the ceremony atmosphere.

The Sense user interface by HTC makes for a very good user experience, but the editors were particularly impressed with the "ultra-fast, extremely capable smartphone that has the guts and gleam to go the distance."

Intense shine is another way to pump up this look; utilize serums that instantly lend your locks a gleam that's radiant whether you're under the lights or not.

It's used for a number of purposes, but it's relation to fashion is usually associated with skin-tight, body-hugging garments that gleam in the light.

The leather straps will remain firm, the hardware will still gleam, and if you store the product in its dustbag when it is not being used, you can expect to maintain the same level of newness over the years.

The flap is embellished with light brown leather flowers, with a large brass buckle adding just the minutest hint of gleam.

The campaign of 1771, which opened with a gleam of success in the capture of Giurgevo, proved yet more disastrous to the Turks, the Russians passing the Danube and completing the conquest of the Crimea.

On the right the Guards were entering the misty region with a sound of hoofs and wheels and now and then a gleam of bayonets; to the left beyond the village similar masses of cavalry came up and disappeared in the sea of mist.

She keeps her eye on the object, but adds, like Wordsworth, the visionary gleam, and receives from nature but what she herself gives.

Aberdeen's popular name of the "Granite City" is justified by the fact that the bulk of the town is built of granite, but to appreciate its more poetical designation of the "Silver City by the Sea," it should be seen after a heavy rainfall when its stately structures and countless houses gleam pure and white under the brilliant sunshine.

If the incrustation be white and readily volatile, arsenic is present, if more difficultly volatile and beads are present, antimony; zinc gives an incrustation yellow whilst hot, white on cooling, and volatilized with difficulty; tin gives a pale yellow incrustation, which becomes white on cooling, and does not volatilize in either the reducing or oxidizing flames; lead gives a lemon-yellow incrustation turning sulphur-yellow on cooling, together with metallic malleable beads; bismuth gives metallic globules and a dark orange-yellow incrustation, which becomes lemon-yellow on cooling; cadmium gives a reddish-brown incrustation, which is removed without leaving a gleam by heating in the reducing flame; silver gives white metallic globules and a dark-red incrustation.

Its versatile cries and actions, as seen and heard by those who penetrate the solitude of the northern forests it inhabits, can never be forgotten by one who has had experience of them, any more than the pleasing sight of its rust-coloured tail, which an occasional gleam of sunshine will light up into a brilliancy quite unexpected by those who have only surveyed the bird's otherwise gloomy appearance in the glass-case of a museum.

The only gleam of success which shone on his ill fortune was the revolution which placed Florence in the hands of the Ghibellines in 1248.