How to Use glint in a Sentence

glint

1 of 2 verb
  • The sun glinted off the tops of the waves.
  • The waves glinted in the sunlight.
  • The way some of the clips glint in the light is truly a work of art.
    — Sara Miranda, Allure, 20 Sep. 2021
  • More than one woman wore a straw hat, white teeth glinting against tanned skin.
    — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 12 July 2018
  • Around five, the sun broke through the clouds, a beery yellow light that made the leaves glint like glass.
    — Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • To my left, clusters of wild herbs and ripe berries glint in the August sun.
    — Julia Eskins, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The path down is picturesque, but peppered with black snakes glinting in the sun.
    — Kristina Kasparian, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Pans, scoured, hung from hooks; knives glinted in ascending size.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
  • In their gowns and bowties, guests giddily slurp mounds of glinting caviar off the back of their hand.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • Some things skitter back into the dark but a few things glint with minor promise.
    — New York Times, 3 Feb. 2021
  • A bit of sparkle paint glinted playfully in the winter light.
    — Briana Miller | , oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The sun glinted off the metal roofs of each station stop, in spots where the snow had melted.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Even neighboring Uranus, though faint, glints overhead on a clear dark night.
    — National Geographic, 28 Mar. 2019
  • White bobby-sox, part of the high school uniform, glinted on the girls’ ankles.
    — Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2017
  • The sunlight falls just so, glinting on the groom’s new ring and tracing a halo around his man bun.
    — Laurence Scott, Wired, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Two small, round eyes glint like shiny black sequins in the flashlight beam sweeping under the truck bed.
    — Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Head out into the crisp mountain air and look for the last light still glinting off the snow on the mountain.
    — Brian Coyne, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2019
  • This glazed ceramic dish and bowl hold just enough water to let sunlight glint off the surface.
    — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Chalk dust glinted like pollen or asbestos in the sunshine coming through the window.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The sky, by the way, was crystal clear, with a few stars glinting over Gentilly.
    — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Strip out inflation and the precious metal doesn't glint quite so brightly.
    — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Both sandwiches reside inside puffy brioche buns wrapped in glinting gold foil.
    — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Baldwin says, lifting up a blanket in her truck's bed to reveal a two-foot long rock glinting in the sun.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The woman’s hip on the bed in the ocher light, the tentative touch of her husband, his ring glinting.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The sun glinted off the Anacostia River as a freight train rolled by.
    — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • There were the huge drum horses, the farriers with glinting axes and the buglers.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • And those iconic scenes of Brad Pitt casting his fishing line glinting in the sun?
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Beaded coats glinted with star-chart embroidery.
    — ABC News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Gold light fills the room and the sun glints off the hundreds of Richard Lippold bronze rods dangling above the bar.
    — Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 15 July 2016
  • Deer started moving and soon here came Big Ten, bronze antlers glinting in the fading light.
    — Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 4 Dec. 2019

glint

2 of 2 noun
  • He saw glints of sunlight on the river's surface.
  • The bright glint to the left is Venus.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Top it off with a glint of silver.
    — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The scene has the glint of macabre humor.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
  • But, oh wait, what’s that glint of gold that just caught my eye?
    — Alison Wild, EW.com, 20 June 2019
  • An inkwell stares at me with one black eye, with a glint in its pupil.
    — Vladimir Nabokov, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Clouds of gold leaf glint on thin trunks tinted with the palest green.
    — Dan Cryer, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Lowe looked at him, saw the glint in his eye and burst out laughing.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Rita says with a giggle and a glint in her eye.
    — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But there’s a glint in the eye that betrays some shifty secrets.
    — Angela Hill, The Mercury News, 5 July 2019
  • Use a flashlight while tweezing to try to catch a glint of the glass.
    — Gina Tomaine, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2017
  • Emily says with that familiar glint of evil in her eye.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Van wore a simple black hunter's robe, with a glint of something gold pinned just above his heart.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 8 July 2020
  • Maura still has that playful glint in her saucer eyes, and big-screen charisma.
    — G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And yet there have been quite a few glints of hope—especially in the past few months.
    — The Economist, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The glint in the baby’s eyes is miraculous.
    — Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Any fish rack or smokehouse with even a glint of drying meat is the exception.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2021
  • This glowing take on guava nails features green polish with a pink cat-eye glint.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 29 June 2026
  • Without the glint of her tiara and her jeweled brooches, there is clarity.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022
  • George was nearly beyond retrieval, a tiny glint of a mote, like a wayward flea.
    — Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 14 June 2021
  • Learning how to spot their glint of colour, even in the deepest reaches of the brambles.
    — Hazlitt, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Your teammates would be in complete silhouette but for the cobalt glints on their weapons.
    — By jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 19 July 2019
  • When lit from above, the white sculptural mural glints with highlights and shadow.
    — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Fraught with bittersweet regret, a groundswell of longing, and, just maybe, a glint of hope.
    — The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Oh, there was one other factor, Thomas allowed, with just the hint of a glint in his eye.
    — Larry Stone, The Seattle Times, 13 June 2017
  • Pagliarulo says with a glint in his eye, knowing how much fans love (and love to hate) the character.
    — Wired, 5 July 2022
  • The jawline, the glint in his eyes, the mop of curly hair, the Raging Bull physique?
    — Vulture, 15 May 2023
  • The glint of a reptilian eye came from a grove of Australian pine below.
    — Freda Kreier, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The rest of the meeting had that politicians’ glint to it as Warsh cleared room to maneuver.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 17 June 2026
  • Outside the window, light glints off the pool, and a stone waterfall tinkles.
    — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2023

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