glinted

verb

past tense of glint
1
as in gleamed
to shoot forth bursts of light the cat's eyes glinted in the moonlight

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

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Recent Examples of glinted Pans, scoured, hung from hooks; knives glinted in ascending size. — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025 Chalk dust glinted like pollen or asbestos in the sunshine coming through the window. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025 Beaded coats glinted with star-chart embroidery. — ABC News, 9 Mar. 2026 His eyes glinted with triumph at his achievement and defiance toward anyone who might think a 92-year-old man needed an escort for such a task. — Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 21 Sep. 2025 The silver Chrysler Sebring glinted when the sun kissed the parking lot in Temple, Texas, sitting by its lonesome. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 8 May 2026 After spending some time by the pool, a semi-Olympic lined with emerald and malachite mosaics that glinted in the soft, ambient light, followed by a quick trip to the sauna, I was escorted to my treatment room, about a half-flight of stairs up, where I was met by Marcia, my therapist. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026 In 2023, astronomers reported that some of these satellites were already photobombing images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, as sunlight glinted off their surfaces leaving bright trails that erase, obscure or mimic genuine cosmic signals. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glinted
  1. gleamed
  2. glanced
  3. shimmered
  4. peeked
  5. flashed
Verb
  • That night, the northern lights gleamed cold and hard, and the moon bathed the whole landscape in bleak, eerie light.
    — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • The 4,202-pipe organ gleamed over us.
    — Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
Definition of gleamed
Verb
  • Partey then glanced back at the defender before continuing on his way.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • Basallo misjudged it, taking an unhurried shuffle up the line, before the ball glanced off his glove and rolled toward the Dodgers dugout.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
Definition of glanced
Verb
  • On June 17, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima's 19-year-old daughter shimmered in Queen Emma's Diamond Tiara for her first-ever tiara wear at the state banquet celebrating the state visit from Japan at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • Her slinky black shift dress shimmered with stripes of iridescent sequins that shifted color under the flashing lights.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 6 June 2026
Definition of shimmered
Verb
  • My trusty spreadsheet peeked at building permits in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties – for renting or owning – and found that developers in the 12 months ending in March had plans approved for the most housing since August 2007.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
  • Bass peeked around the back doors of a supporter’s Venice home Sunday afternoon to cheers from several dozen supporters at an intimate event.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
Definition of peeked
Verb
  • After the video assistant referee urged him to watch a replay, however, Claus walked away from the monitor and flashed the red card at Balogun, a judgment many immediately deemed overly harsh.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • East2West footage showed the overnight barrage from inside Kyiv, including a baby sleeping as explosions flashed outside an open window and smoke from an earlier strike rose nearby.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of flashed

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