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Definition of Shimmering
1. n. A gleam or glimmering.
Definition of Shimmering
1. Verb. (present participle of shimmer) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shimmering
1. shimmer [v] - See also: shimmer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shimmering
Literary usage of Shimmering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collected Poems by Austin Dobson (1913)
"I aura TWO maids uprose in the shimmering light Of the clanging battle-morn ;
And one was tressed like the bird of night, And one like the ripening corn. ..."
2. The Century by Bim Sherman (1899)
"image stands forth in a robe of shimmering gold above the moving multitude.
Outside, band follows band, procession upon procession. ..."
3. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"THE Shimmering DAWN Not Hitherto Printed. Obscuring clouds suffuse the heaven's
main And lie upon the mountain in a haze Of purple ..."
4. Can Grande's Castle by Amy Lowell (1918)
"The golden horses step forward, dimly shimmering in the light of the lamps below,
and the pigeons sleep quietly on the stands at their feet. ..."
5. Outing (1893)
"asked Annie Moonlight, when there's music and under the shimmering curls on the
beig^hton, carelessly slipping her fingers ier small shoulder. ..."
6. The Simple Life by Ruth King Porter (2006)
"THE WEATHER HAD changed back to spring again by the evening. The sky outside the
window was a pale green, shimmering through the thin branches of the trees. ..."
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