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Definition of Glistened
1. glisten [v] - See also: glisten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glistened
Literary usage of Glistened
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"Almost immediately the rain stopped, and the paving-stones of the street glistened
under the sun when they were re-entering the town. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"Glistened as still As when on moonlit eves no zephyr spills the glistening dew.
... Glistened like the path of diamonds in the sun. — DICKENS. ..."
3. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1842)
"... soon gained the banks of the lake which glistened like silver in the moonlight.
Diverging hence, they took a bridle road among the trees, and ascending ..."
4. Travels in the Interior of Africa by Mungo Park, John Barrow (1822)
""When he had done this, she drank the water, while the tear of joy and affection
glistened in her eye; this, in the opinion of a negro, being the strongest ..."
5. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"Almost immediately the rain stopped, and the paving-stones of the street glistened
under the sun when they were re-entering the town. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"Glistened as still As when on moonlit eves no zephyr spills the glistening dew.
... Glistened like the path of diamonds in the sun. — DICKENS. ..."
7. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1842)
"... soon gained the banks of the lake which glistened like silver in the moonlight.
Diverging hence, they took a bridle road among the trees, and ascending ..."
8. Travels in the Interior of Africa by Mungo Park, John Barrow (1822)
""When he had done this, she drank the water, while the tear of joy and affection
glistened in her eye; this, in the opinion of a negro, being the strongest ..."
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