Gleams can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| gleam - shine brightly, like a star or a light | ||
| gleam - appear briefly; "A terrible thought gleamed in her mind" | ||
| gleam - be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" | ||
Noun |
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| gleam - a flash of light (especially reflected light) | ||
| gleam - an appearance of reflected light |
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| 1. | verb | Still gleams an element of hope. | |
| 2. | verb | She hoped fervently that she would be among the first ten at least, so that she might see Matthew's kindly brown eyes gleam with pride in her achievement. | |
| 3. | verb | She hoped fervently that she would be among the first ten at least, so that she might see Matthew's kindly brown eyes gleam with pride in her achievement. | |
| 4. | noun | We saw the gleam of a distant lighthouse. | |
| 5. | noun | I've gotten wary of the gleam in your eye that shows when you've developed a new obsession. | |
| 6. | noun | Ever drifting down the stream — Lingering in the golden gleam — Life, what is it but a dream? | |
| 7. | noun | Anne was one of the children of light by birthright. After she had passed through a life with a smile or a word thrown across it like a gleam of sunshine the owner of that life saw it, for the time being at least, as hopeful and lovely and of good report. | |
| 8. | noun | It was strange to see this single candle burning there in the middle of the moor, with no sign of life near it—just the one straight yellow flame and the gleam of the rock on each side of it. | |
| 9. | noun | The lady looked quickly up, with an angry gleam in her hazel eyes. | |
| 10. | noun | He had a very dark, fearsome face, and a gleam in his eyes that comes back to me in my dreams. | |
| 11. | noun | A man was crouching at the window. I could see little of him, for he was gone like a flash. He was wrapped in some sort of cloak which came across the lower part of his face. One thing only I am sure of, and that is that he had some weapon in his hand. It looked to me like a long knife. I distinctly saw the gleam of it as he turned to run. | |
| 12. | noun | I saw his long moustache droop over the stock and his eye gleam as it peered along the sights. | |
| 13. | noun | The last gleam of the sun is dying away. | |
| 14. | noun | And suddenly I remembered that first conversation at tea on the day of my arrival, and the gleam in her eyes as she had said that poison was a woman's weapon. | |
| 15. | noun | We saw the gleam of a distant lighthouse. | |
| 16. | noun | I've gotten wary of the gleam in your eye that shows when you've developed a new obsession. | |
| 17. | noun | Ever drifting down the stream — Lingering in the golden gleam — Life, what is it but a dream? | |
| 18. | noun | Anne was one of the children of light by birthright. After she had passed through a life with a smile or a word thrown across it like a gleam of sunshine the owner of that life saw it, for the time being at least, as hopeful and lovely and of good report. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| Still gleams an element of hope. | |
| She hoped fervently that she would be among the first ten at least, so that she might see Matthew's kindly brown eyes gleam with pride in her achievement. | |
| She hoped fervently that she would be among the first ten at least, so that she might see Matthew's kindly brown eyes gleam with pride in her achievement. | |
| noun | |
| We saw the gleam of a distant lighthouse. | |
| I've gotten wary of the gleam in your eye that shows when you've developed a new obsession. | |
| Ever drifting down the stream — Lingering in the golden gleam — Life, what is it but a dream? | |
| Anne was one of the children of light by birthright. After she had passed through a life with a smile or a word thrown across it like a gleam of sunshine the owner of that life saw it, for the time being at least, as hopeful and lovely and of good report. | |
| It was strange to see this single candle burning there in the middle of the moor, with no sign of life near it—just the one straight yellow flame and the gleam of the rock on each side of it. | |
| The lady looked quickly up, with an angry gleam in her hazel eyes. | |
| He had a very dark, fearsome face, and a gleam in his eyes that comes back to me in my dreams. | |
| A man was crouching at the window. I could see little of him, for he was gone like a flash. He was wrapped in some sort of cloak which came across the lower part of his face. One thing only I am sure of, and that is that he had some weapon in his hand. It looked to me like a long knife. I distinctly saw the gleam of it as he turned to run. | |
| I saw his long moustache droop over the stock and his eye gleam as it peered along the sights. | |
| The last gleam of the sun is dying away. | |
| And suddenly I remembered that first conversation at tea on the day of my arrival, and the gleam in her eyes as she had said that poison was a woman's weapon. | |
| We saw the gleam of a distant lighthouse. | |
| I've gotten wary of the gleam in your eye that shows when you've developed a new obsession. | |
| Ever drifting down the stream — Lingering in the golden gleam — Life, what is it but a dream? | |
| Anne was one of the children of light by birthright. After she had passed through a life with a smile or a word thrown across it like a gleam of sunshine the owner of that life saw it, for the time being at least, as hopeful and lovely and of good report. | |