Glint
noun
A small, bright flash of light.
He saw a glint of sunlight reflecting off the glass window.
Often appears as...
- glint of sunlight
- glint in his eyes
verb
To give off small flashes of light.
The diamond glinted in the sunlight.
Often appears as...
- eyes glinting
- diamond glinting
noun
A bright look in someone's eyes.
He looked at her with a glint of mischief in his eyes.
Often appears as...
- glint in his eyes
- mischievous glint
verb
To look bright or show excitement or mischief.
Her eyes glinted with delight when she saw the cake.
Often appears as...
- eyes glinting with mischief
- eyes glinting with delight
noun
A small, bright flash of light.
He saw a glint of sunlight reflecting off the glass window.
Often appears as...
- glint of sunlight
- glint in his eyes
verb
To give off small flashes of light.
The diamond glinted in the sunlight.
Often appears as...
- eyes glinting
- diamond glinting
noun
A bright look in someone's eyes.
He looked at her with a glint of mischief in his eyes.
Often appears as...
- glint in his eyes
- mischievous glint
verb
To look bright or show excitement or mischief.
Her eyes glinted with delight when she saw the cake.
Often appears as...
- eyes glinting with mischief
- eyes glinting with delight
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'glint' to describe a visual scene with vivid imagery, like in storytelling or descriptive passages.
A glint of steel peeked from his cloak, hinting at a hidden sword.
Pro Tip 2/3Brief Light
'Glint' suggests a quick and small flash, not a steady shine or glow.
A glint of light bounced off her earring as she moved.
Pro Tip 3/3Hidden Details
'Glint' often implies something hard to notice or partly hidden becoming momentarily visible.
A subtle glint of gold caught his eye from amidst the rubble.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'glint' to describe a visual scene with vivid imagery, like in storytelling or descriptive passages.
A glint of steel peeked from his cloak, hinting at a hidden sword.
Pro Tip 2/3Brief Light
'Glint' suggests a quick and small flash, not a steady shine or glow.
A glint of light bounced off her earring as she moved.
Pro Tip 3/3Hidden Details
'Glint' often implies something hard to notice or partly hidden becoming momentarily visible.
A subtle glint of gold caught his eye from amidst the rubble.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Use 'glint' to describe a visual scene with vivid imagery, like in storytelling or descriptive passages.
A glint of steel peeked from his cloak, hinting at a hidden sword.
Pro Tip 2/3Brief Light
'Glint' suggests a quick and small flash, not a steady shine or glow.
A glint of light bounced off her earring as she moved.
Pro Tip 3/3Hidden Details
'Glint' often implies something hard to notice or partly hidden becoming momentarily visible.
A subtle glint of gold caught his eye from amidst the rubble.
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Video examples
Tiny satellites that...
This is not an animation, this is a video taken by the astronaut looking out of the window. It gives you a bit of a sense of scale of our two satellites. It's like some of the smallest satellites ever are being launched from the biggest satellite ever. And right at the end, the solar array glints in the sun.
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The role of disruption...
people imagine the ocean they think of its surface Sun glinting off the water or what they can observe a few feet below or on the shoreline it's not as though we can take the lid off and peer inside since most people never go diving we will have very little frame of reference for understanding the scale
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Finding Baby Seals on an...
I thought this was a pellet that's been regurgitated, And I don't know if it was regurgitated, but this is a really dense piece of tinfoil. The exact kind of thing a bird would see glinting and thinking it might be a fish. really could easily be eaten by a chick. So sad to think, isn't it?
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The Greek myth of Talos,...
the sorceress Medea spotted a glinting bolt on the robot’s ankle— and devised a clever gambit. Medea offered Talos a she claimed that she could make Talos immortal in exchange for removing the bolt. Medea's promise resonated deep within his core.
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Project Aquatone's U-2...
If not conventional aircraft, then, what did they see? The U2 cruised at three times the height of regular airliners and would sometimes be glimpsed by civilians. I can't be sure, but I believe I saw the sun glinting off of windows or observation
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A brief history of the...
who depicted a scaled, shaggy-furred creature with overgrown toenails. In Michael Pacher’s painting of St. Augustine and the Devil, the devil appears as an upright lizard— with a second miniature face glinting on his rear and.
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What would happen if we...
is that ems spend most of their life in virtual reality. This is what you might look like if you were using virtual reality. And this is what you might sunlight glinting off of water, you might hear gulls flying above,
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The Norse myth that...
unless he handed over his treasure. Andvari directed Loki to his lair. Satisfied with the heaps of gold he saw there, Loki freed Andvari— but a sudden glint off of one of the dwarf’s fingers
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The myth of Narcissus...
He spent the day acquainting himself with every glinting angle and glowing curl then passed the evening gazing at his reflection by moonlight and sleeping with his fingers grazing the water.
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Robert Gupta: Music is...
he had a kind of manic glint in his eyes, he was lost. And he was talking about invisible demons and smoke, and how someone was poisoning him in his sleep. And I was afraid,
Video examples
Tiny satellites that...
This is not an animation, this is a video taken by the astronaut looking out of the window. It gives you a bit of a sense of scale of our two satellites. It's like some of the smallest satellites ever are being launched from the biggest satellite ever. And right at the end, the solar array glints in the sun.
Video examples
The role of disruption...
people imagine the ocean they think of its surface Sun glinting off the water or what they can observe a few feet below or on the shoreline it's not as though we can take the lid off and peer inside since most people never go diving we will have very little frame of reference for understanding the scale
Video examples
Finding Baby Seals on an...
I thought this was a pellet that's been regurgitated, And I don't know if it was regurgitated, but this is a really dense piece of tinfoil. The exact kind of thing a bird would see glinting and thinking it might be a fish. really could easily be eaten by a chick. So sad to think, isn't it?
Video examples
The Greek myth of Talos,...
the sorceress Medea spotted a glinting bolt on the robot’s ankle— and devised a clever gambit. Medea offered Talos a she claimed that she could make Talos immortal in exchange for removing the bolt. Medea's promise resonated deep within his core.
Video examples
Project Aquatone's U-2...
If not conventional aircraft, then, what did they see? The U2 cruised at three times the height of regular airliners and would sometimes be glimpsed by civilians. I can't be sure, but I believe I saw the sun glinting off of windows or observation
Video examples
A brief history of the...
who depicted a scaled, shaggy-furred creature with overgrown toenails. In Michael Pacher’s painting of St. Augustine and the Devil, the devil appears as an upright lizard— with a second miniature face glinting on his rear and.
Video examples
What would happen if we...
is that ems spend most of their life in virtual reality. This is what you might look like if you were using virtual reality. And this is what you might sunlight glinting off of water, you might hear gulls flying above,
Video examples
The Norse myth that...
unless he handed over his treasure. Andvari directed Loki to his lair. Satisfied with the heaps of gold he saw there, Loki freed Andvari— but a sudden glint off of one of the dwarf’s fingers
Video examples
The myth of Narcissus...
He spent the day acquainting himself with every glinting angle and glowing curl then passed the evening gazing at his reflection by moonlight and sleeping with his fingers grazing the water.
Video examples
Robert Gupta: Music is...
he had a kind of manic glint in his eyes, he was lost. And he was talking about invisible demons and smoke, and how someone was poisoning him in his sleep. And I was afraid,
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Quote examples
Terry Notary
American Actor
And then you have the orangutans. There's a softness, and kindness, and there's almost this glint of humor that lies behind everything that they do. There's this old-soul sort of wisdom. And with that comes this cool, unhurried, decisive, linear way of moving through space.
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Steve Rushin
American Journalist
Everything gleamed or glinted on TV in the '70s, from the 'flavor crystals' in Folgers coffee to the yellow dentures dipped in Polident and instantly restored to pristine, piano-key whiteness.
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Bruce Catton
American Historian
And there is the headlight, shining far down the track, glinting off the steel rails that, like all parallel lines, will meet in infinity, which is after all where this train is going.
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Said Nursi
Turkish Theologian
The transparency of a metaphor displays the glint of truth. But if a metaphor is taken for a reality, it then becomes dense and masks the truth it is meant to display.
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David Hepworth
British Journalist
Podcasting is a personal medium, and I savour those moments where details of the podcasters' lives glint through.
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Mahmoud Darwish
Palestinian Poet
I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
Sequoia seeds have flat wings, and glint and glance in their flight like a boy's kite.
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Anton Chekhov
Russian Dramatist
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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Nicolas Cage
Actor
All of my characters have a glint of madness.
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Terry Notary
American Actor
And then you have the orangutans. There's a softness, and kindness, and there's almost this glint of humor that lies behind everything that they do. There's this old-soul sort of wisdom. And with that comes this cool, unhurried, decisive, linear way of moving through space.
Quote examples
Steve Rushin
American Journalist
Everything gleamed or glinted on TV in the '70s, from the 'flavor crystals' in Folgers coffee to the yellow dentures dipped in Polident and instantly restored to pristine, piano-key whiteness.
Quote examples
Bruce Catton
American Historian
And there is the headlight, shining far down the track, glinting off the steel rails that, like all parallel lines, will meet in infinity, which is after all where this train is going.
Quote examples
Said Nursi
Turkish Theologian
The transparency of a metaphor displays the glint of truth. But if a metaphor is taken for a reality, it then becomes dense and masks the truth it is meant to display.
Quote examples
David Hepworth
British Journalist
Podcasting is a personal medium, and I savour those moments where details of the podcasters' lives glint through.
Quote examples
Mahmoud Darwish
Palestinian Poet
I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
Sequoia seeds have flat wings, and glint and glance in their flight like a boy's kite.
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Anton Chekhov
Russian Dramatist
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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Nicolas Cage
Actor
All of my characters have a glint of madness.
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