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How to pronounce glisten in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms gleam, glint, glitter, shine
Type of appear, look, seem
Has types shimmer, spangle


His eyes were glistening.
Type Words
Synonyms glister, glitter, scintillation, sparkle
Type of brightness

Examples of glisten

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I look below and the sun's rays glisten off the Hudson's emerald-green surface.
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Inside, brick walls, hardwood floors and a few pieces by local artists glisten.
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In her apartment on this hot summer night, her guests brows glisten with sweat.
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He's sweating under the hot lamps that make Pat's organs glisten like red jewels.
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Barbecued meat should glisten with a dark mahogany crust that borders on black.
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The sails of the Sydney Opera House glisten in the sun, dominating the vista.
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His eyes glisten as he points to the pines behind the end zones of Ratliff Stadium.
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She has not bothered to remove the diamond rings that glisten on her fingers.
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The fruit is glazed with melted seedless strawberry jelly to make it glisten.
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More examples
  • Glitter: the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
  • Glitter: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening"
  • Reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel"
  • A glittering shine; a scintillation, sparkle or flash; to reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash
  • (verb) -- to shine softly