Wondering how to use Glinting in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as sparkly or scintillating.
Glinting meaning
present participle and gerund of glint
Synonyms of Glinting
Using Glinting
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of glint
- Useful related words include: aglitter, sparkly, scintillating, scintillant.
- In the example corpus, glinting often appears in combinations such as: eyes glinting, and glinting, glinting in.
Context around Glinting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Glinting
- In this selection, "glinting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, eyes, find, rays, specks, salt and black stand out and add context to how "glinting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include arnet on glinting form representing and face and glinting from the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "glinting" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with glinting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
No sirens, no nitrous oxide canisters glinting in the playground. (10 words)
Timber boat shelters, ancient windmills and glinting salt flats await along dusty paths. (13 words)
Lifelike stuffed raptors are perched on shelves, some with wings extended, yellow eyes glinting. (14 words)
Meanwhile Lucy, who was also one of the honorees at this year's Gold Gala, showed off her willowy frame in a sleek jean blue number that cinched tightly in with a glinting black sash. (35 words)
The morning light was shining directly into his grizzled face and glinting from the steel of the blade and glowing in some indifferent colored jewels set into the weapon’s hilt and crossbar. (33 words)
He later wrote that he had seen the gold glinting in the dirt and dismissed the workmen so that he and Sophia could excavate it themselves, removing it in her shawl. (31 words)
Example sentences (12)
Lifelike stuffed raptors are perched on shelves, some with wings extended, yellow eyes glinting.
Now 42, Hansen-Løve has always felt compelled to wade knee-deep in the murky waters of her past, swishing sand and gravel to find glinting specks in her pan.
Timber boat shelters, ancient windmills and glinting salt flats await along dusty paths.
Meanwhile Lucy, who was also one of the honorees at this year's Gold Gala, showed off her willowy frame in a sleek jean blue number that cinched tightly in with a glinting black sash.
Clyburn stands solemnly in a white shirt, low, orange morning rays, glinting off his eyeglasses.
Kind of doing my thing,” he says, his eyes glinting mischievously at the memory of whatever his thing was.
No sirens, no nitrous oxide canisters glinting in the playground.
A couple of green olives, glinting with housemade Boursin cheese, lounge under the icy sheen.
It tells a non-linear story, with a tenor (the ardent James Way) and soprano (Marie Arnet on glinting form) representing an injured soldier and his fianceé.
He later wrote that he had seen the gold glinting in the dirt and dismissed the workmen so that he and Sophia could excavate it themselves, removing it in her shawl.
The morning light was shining directly into his grizzled face and glinting from the steel of the blade and glowing in some indifferent colored jewels set into the weapon’s hilt and crossbar.
The style became important in Migration Period metalwork, mainly Animal style jewellery, where the faceted surfaces created caught the light to give a glinting appearance.
Common combinations with glinting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- eyes glinting 2×
- and glinting 2×
- glinting in 2×