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Example sentences for "glittering"

Lexicographically close words:
glistering; glistring; glitter; glitterand; glittered; glitters; gloam; gloaming; gloat; gloated
  1. The gay team of mules now enter, glittering with flags, and tinkling with bells; the dead bull is carried off at a rapid gallop, which always delights the populace.

  2. Inlaid with precious woods, and glittering with costly jewels and marbles, they reproduced in these differing materials all those infinite designs which the carved walls had already wearied themselves to express.

  3. Certainly not me, that I can see from your beautifully made shoes with their glittering silver buckles; they were not made at Prague.

  4. Crossing the Atlantic, we sighted a glittering white rock rising fifty feet out of the water.

  5. They wandered round a lawn encircled by a shrubbery path, which was glittering in the silver light: they were very silent, but they felt all that youth can feel, although an occasional exclamation of "How beautiful this is!

  6. The glittering prize instantly affects his imagination; he is so wrapt in thought at the very moment of its announcement that he cannot speak.

  7. She flew like lightning thither, raised the glittering tool, marked the precise spot, and severed at a blow "three notches of the devil's tail!

  8. Here was the tall and slippery pole, glittering in its grease, and crowned with the ample cheese, that mocked the hopes of the discomfited climber.

  9. He did not stop to reflect that fine feathers make fine birds, so suddenly was he confronted with the glittering panorama.

  10. The rose the glittering sun beheld at morn, Spread to the light its blossoms newly born, When in his round he looks from evening skies Already droops in age, and fades, and dies.

  11. Angus, the oculist, and a dismally respectable lawyer named Maxwell, with their glittering wives.

  12. Just made it up: Glittering summery meadowy noise Of beetles and bums and respectable boys.

  13. See, for yourself, how the few stars which still linger in the sky, and which with their glittering torches lighted her out of the Eastern Gate, are paling every minute behind her!

  14. Look up to those stars, glittering in the sky.

  15. He shook hands all around, his jolly, hearty manner contrasting forcibly with the seriousness of the other, and departed, leaving a track of glittering light behind him, as some persons do.

  16. Enter the room, and every crack in the woodwork of the walls is occupied by peering eyes, while the paper windows are quickly converted into sieves by moistened finger-tips, and black glittering orbs are glued to them.

  17. On the left is the graveyard of the city, its white stones like glittering specks dotting the hill side.

  18. My only hope of life rested on that keen blade which lay glittering on the snow.

  19. With an effort he again brought Ragnhild's image before his mind, jumped upon his skees, and darted down over the glittering snow.

  20. This is one of those paradoxical statements to which Macaulay likes to give a glittering plausibility.

  21. It was a time to live in, and the two were merry on their journey in the glittering morning.

  22. The ceiling just above me was also visible, and I fancied that I could perceive beautiful glittering objects there, but the farther end of the cave was shrouded in darkness.

  23. Altogether, with his yellow turban-like hair, his Herculean black frame, his glittering eyes and white teeth, he seemed the most terrible monster I ever beheld.

  24. On they came, the young fellows straining, and the oars glittering as they flew in and out of the water.

  25. They did make a fine showing in their white trousers and red coats, their glittering breastplates and helmets, swords clanking by their sides, and sitting so straight on their black horses.

  26. Edith was dazzled by the glittering things which filled a large glass case in the centre of the room.

  27. A division of the Civil Guard followed, erect and magnificent as ever, their gold bands glittering across their breasts, but their utmost efforts could not effectually beat back the crowd.

  28. These are far from overwhelming, after the glittering hoards of Burgos, Seville, and Toledo, but they are as odd an assortment as sacristy ever sheltered.

  29. A glittering member of the Civil Guard sonorously ordered the culprit down.

  30. Those glittering dragon-flies were always just out of reach, but he stumbled on the sodden shape of the unhappy horse and tossed it again and again, making the poor carcass fling up its head and arch its neck in ghastly mockery of life.

  31. The very columns that uphold her canopy are exquisite in carving, and it is his yearly pride to see that her clouds of incense are the thickest, and her train of musicians the most extended, in all that glittering line.

  32. Clear and shining, with glittering white snow below and sparkling blue sky above, the day promised fair in spite of a mercury standing at ten below zero, and a number of komatiks from the Mission started merrily forth.

  33. They loom up in every shape and size and variation of form, pinnacles and towers and battlements, stately palaces of glittering crystal, triumphal archways more gorgeous than ever welcomed a conqueror home.

  34. The moon was nearly full and riding parties were going out for a drive across the glittering snow, while where the wind had swept it clear ice yachts were, no doubt, skimming about the lake.

  35. As they forged through the glittering water the current swept them down and Thirlwell noted that it was running faster than he had thought.

  36. Used to sit in my office afterwards and dream about the glittering lakes and the stiff white pines; saw them crowding round the lonely camps, when I ought to have been studying the market reports.

  37. Besides, the moon was getting bright and threw a glittering beam across the river.

  38. Lower down, a track of glittering silver ran across to the shadowy Levis ridge, along the crest of which were scattered twinkling lights.

  39. The world of women passed at his feet radiant, guilty, white, glittering and powerless.

  40. The glowing, glittering arabesques, the trilling as if from the throats of a thousand larks, the cunning imitations as if leaf mocked leaf in the sunshine!

  41. He noticed that the women were all sunburned and wore much glittering jewelry; the men looked like countrymen and were timid in the use of the fork.

  42. Their chief amusement was watching the coveys of flying-fish which rose every now and then from the ocean, and darted through the air, their bright scales glittering in the sun.

  43. It was very tantalising to see the water glittering in the distance and yet not to be able to get to it.

  44. Between these mountains and the sea extended a wide plain, on which could be seen a large collection of white canvas tents, glittering in the tropical sun.

  45. As they neared it just before dawn, a rocket was seen to rise, forming an arch in the dark sky, its glittering drops shining brilliantly as they fell.

  46. The sky was blue and clear, and the sun shone brightly on the glittering water, just rippled over by the breeze, on the polished sides of the yacht, on the burnished brass work, and on the sails white as snow.

  47. What was their joy, after ascending a low ridge, to see before them a wide expanse of water, glittering in the sun.

  48. The whole of Europe was soon familiar with the figure of the new monarch, invariably in military uniform of the most glittering sort, staring valiantly, fiercely moustached, and with a withered left arm ingeniously minimized.

  49. So from the mountain lazily The avalanche of snow first bends, Then glittering in the sun descends.

  50. You could not evaporate the truth in the slow process of the crucible, and then show the residuum of falsehood glittering and visible.

  51. I know how easy it is to men of the world to look grave and sneer at your sanguine youth, and its glittering dreams.

  52. The moisture was still heavy on the green paths, and the birds were singing among glittering leaves; the god-like statues stood unscathed in their silent beauty.


  53. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "glittering" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    blink; blinking; brave; bravura; braw; bright; brilliant; daring; dashing; firefly; flashing; flashy; flaunting; frilly; frothy; gallant; gay; glimmer; glimmering; glisten; glistening; glitter; glittering; glowworm; golden; jaunty; radiant; rakish; scintilla; scintillating; scintillation; shimmer; shimmering; shiny; showy; silvery; spangle; spark; sparkle; sparkling; splashy; sporty; tinsel; twinkle; twinkling