glints 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of glint
1
as in gleams
to shoot forth bursts of light the cat's eyes glinted in the moonlight

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2
as in glances
to take a quick or hasty look the thief glinted around the corner to see if anyone was coming

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glints

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noun

plural of glint
as in sparkles

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Recent Examples of glints
Verb
The air is perfectly warm, the sunshine glints on the water, happy people pass by and wave. — Kristy Woodson Harvey, Southern Living, 18 July 2026 That, from time to time, during his endless task, the sun glints across the rock’s face in a way that reminds him that there were good times, or at least different times. — Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 12 May 2026 Soft breezes ripple through the sea grapes, and sunlight glints off the aquamarine shallows that surround Bahia Honda State Park. — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glints
  1. gleams
  2. glances
  3. glimmers
  4. flashes
  5. peeks
  6. twinkles
  7. shimmers
  8. shines
Verb
  • Like Beckham’s dress, the 100-percent silk dress softly gleams in the light.
    — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Despite a couple of funky skips, the album is fueled by the hunger of an artist who really wants the pop life again, perking up electro-scuzz and arena rock with new wave that gleams like glitter.
    — Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2025
Definition of gleams
Verb
  • In another of Nishimura’s photographs, CNN’s chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins glances warily in the direction of Brian Glenn, a former White House correspondent for the conservative streaming network Real America’s Voice.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
  • As God rains down sulfur and fire to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot’s wife glances back and turns into a pillar of salt.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
Definition of glances
Noun
  • But take a closer look and the report actually provides glimmers of hope.
    — TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • There were glimmers of form from Yoane Wissa (DR Congo) and Anthony Elanga (Sweden), both of whom need to hit the ground running in the coming season.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of glimmers
Verb
  • Belafonte flashes his famous smile under his famous widow’s peak.
    — Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026
  • Billy Bob Thornton flashes a smile during a performance at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on July 19.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
Definition of flashes
Verb
  • Balloons float above an exploding castle, a giant peeks from behind the bushes and wizards throw flames in the foreground.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026
  • She’s represented here by a woman dematerializing headfirst, seemingly outlived only by her pendulous breasts, and a sparse landscape where a spectral figure peeks up from the bottom edge.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of peeks
Noun
  • Perch yourself in the Hollywood Hills and watch as the city twinkles below at night.
    — Kristin Braswell, Architectural Digest, 30 June 2026
  • In the evening, the whole place twinkles from the lights of a hundred lanterns and flares, which also serve to keep away mosquitoes.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of twinkles
Verb
  • Both for the islanders and for us, the summer shimmers with a hallucinatory mixture of languor and emotional speed, as summers do in childhood.
    — Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
  • This Kendra Scott necklace features a dainty, mother-of-pearl shell pendant that shimmers in the sunlight.
    — Tessa Petak, InStyle, 23 June 2026
Definition of shimmers
Noun
  • Generating a test, refactoring a fragile selector or maintaining a test suite are the kinds of tasks where AI coding shines.
    — Ethan Pronev, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Interior defensive line shines, edge rushers still growing One of the major surprises of the spring was Will Smith Jr.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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