Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for glister
Verb
  • From gleaming marble countertops to pristine wood flooring, even the slightest imperfections can impact a property’s value.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
  • At the Museum of Clocks, also in Chengdu, textural red brickwork alludes more to the area’s humble past than a gleaming future.
    Oscar Holland, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Among the pottery was a broken pot and gold items glinting from within, the ministry said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Something across the top of the burial seemed to glint in the sun.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • McGrath captures color well, and so eyes shimmered with a pearly, iridescent lavender.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Romance, true love, fertility and children, as well as hobbies and creativity could all shimmer like gold.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Shortstop Max Acosta, one of three players acquired in the Jake Burger trade with Texas, has flashed this spring, getting on base in 6 of his 14 plate appearances, with a home run.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Nightmares of more dental work had to have flashed through the Celtics guard’s mind Thursday night.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement In the dense warren of stalls, the best-looking produce is displayed prominently: ripe bananas, glistening limes and orderly rows of broccoli and asparagus.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
  • If the club have missed one moment in terms of strengthening their squad, then another moment still glistens in front of them.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • In a recent photoshoot, Willis, 36, slipped into the glittering gold bikini that Moore famously wore in the 1996 film Striptease.
    Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Hours earlier, a glittering guest list of 300 had gathered for the inaugural Le Grand Dîner du Louvre, a first-of-its-kind black-tie affair held inside the world’s most famous museum.
    Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Glister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glister. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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