Shimmer
verb
To shine with a soft, changing light.
The lake shimmered in the moonlight.
Often appears as...
- shimmer in the light
- shimmer with heat
noun
A soft, slightly wavering light.
She saw the shimmer of the sea in the distance.
Often appears as...
- a shimmer of light
- shimmer on water
verb
To seem to be moving slightly.
The hot desert air made the horizon shimmer.
Often appears as...
- horizon shimmered
- shimmered with heat
verb
To shine with a soft, changing light.
The lake shimmered in the moonlight.
Often appears as...
- shimmer in the light
- shimmer with heat
noun
A soft, slightly wavering light.
She saw the shimmer of the sea in the distance.
Often appears as...
- a shimmer of light
- shimmer on water
verb
To seem to be moving slightly.
The hot desert air made the horizon shimmer.
Often appears as...
- horizon shimmered
- shimmered with heat
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Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Illumination
Use 'shimmer' to describe a gentle, often beautiful light, not a strong or harsh one.
Her necklace shimmered softly in the candlelight.
Pro Tip 2/3Hint of Movement
'Shimmer' implies a light that seems to move or change slightly, not static.
The city lights shimmered below, making the skyline look magical.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Beauty
Sometimes 'shimmer' is used metaphorically to express an elusive quality or feeling.
Hope shimmered within her despite the circumstances.
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Illumination
Use 'shimmer' to describe a gentle, often beautiful light, not a strong or harsh one.
Her necklace shimmered softly in the candlelight.
Pro Tip 2/3Hint of Movement
'Shimmer' implies a light that seems to move or change slightly, not static.
The city lights shimmered below, making the skyline look magical.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Beauty
Sometimes 'shimmer' is used metaphorically to express an elusive quality or feeling.
Hope shimmered within her despite the circumstances.
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Illumination
Use 'shimmer' to describe a gentle, often beautiful light, not a strong or harsh one.
Her necklace shimmered softly in the candlelight.
Pro Tip 2/3Hint of Movement
'Shimmer' implies a light that seems to move or change slightly, not static.
The city lights shimmered below, making the skyline look magical.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Beauty
Sometimes 'shimmer' is used metaphorically to express an elusive quality or feeling.
Hope shimmered within her despite the circumstances.
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Safari Live - Day 320 PIPE...
at the only one that the really important novel fruit species is the concrete soms so no Doubt's being in this area lots and lots of concrete soms around and when I say larval food that is where the adult will land lay the eggs and the caterpillars like what we saw before that very fast little shimmering guy
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Can Nature Make Us...
so if possible trying to bring some of these water-based elements into your outside experience watching the sun shimmer on a lake surface or listening to the sound of a gently flowing river this could be the perfect ingredients to help you relax and unwind if you can't get outside and visit nature
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Predictions of tech's...
part it's that shimmery kind of look and it's essentially a photographic effect i said no this is something called digitization you have to um turn the image into it into a series of ones and zeros and then manipulate it in the computer nobody had a computer nobody knew we
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Protecting Yourself From...
right next to each other and jewelweed is awesome at helping with poison ivy I'll tell you how to determine whether it's jewelweed and where it kind of gets its name hold it under water and it'll shimmer just like a little diamond it's really cool stuff that's about enough
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The most colorful...
This shimmering, dazzling, dancing display of light comes about from a confluence of chemistry, geology, and optics that define opals from their earliest moments, deep underground. It’s there that an opal begins its life as something surprisingly water.
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First-Ever 3D VR Filmed...
shimmering blue layer of light that is our atmosphere I was struck by one thing the earth is an incredible planet but we don't live outside of this web of life we're intricately connected to it
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The Mind-Bending Art of...
stellar black holes and gamma-ray bursts shimmer as pinpoints of aluminum. What you see is a graveyard of stars, yet it alludes to life. The journey we humans have been on to arrive right here
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See Elephants at Their...
it's a breezy shimmery party filled atmosphere as we celebrate the birth of Scotty 2 hotty this is Safari live I am in the middle of one of the true wilderness areas left in the world
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The Colorful,...
It is hot and humid, and the shimmering stars watch us through the dense canopy. When we turn on our flashlights, there is life all around us.
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Chicago's Coolest...
the wind from shimmering skyscrapers to world fair wonders Chicago has enough historical treasures to keep travelers intrigued for days
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Safari Live - Day 320 PIPE...
at the only one that the really important novel fruit species is the concrete soms so no Doubt's being in this area lots and lots of concrete soms around and when I say larval food that is where the adult will land lay the eggs and the caterpillars like what we saw before that very fast little shimmering guy
Video examples
Can Nature Make Us...
so if possible trying to bring some of these water-based elements into your outside experience watching the sun shimmer on a lake surface or listening to the sound of a gently flowing river this could be the perfect ingredients to help you relax and unwind if you can't get outside and visit nature
Video examples
Predictions of tech's...
part it's that shimmery kind of look and it's essentially a photographic effect i said no this is something called digitization you have to um turn the image into it into a series of ones and zeros and then manipulate it in the computer nobody had a computer nobody knew we
Video examples
Protecting Yourself From...
right next to each other and jewelweed is awesome at helping with poison ivy I'll tell you how to determine whether it's jewelweed and where it kind of gets its name hold it under water and it'll shimmer just like a little diamond it's really cool stuff that's about enough
Video examples
The most colorful...
This shimmering, dazzling, dancing display of light comes about from a confluence of chemistry, geology, and optics that define opals from their earliest moments, deep underground. It’s there that an opal begins its life as something surprisingly water.
Video examples
First-Ever 3D VR Filmed...
shimmering blue layer of light that is our atmosphere I was struck by one thing the earth is an incredible planet but we don't live outside of this web of life we're intricately connected to it
Video examples
The Mind-Bending Art of...
stellar black holes and gamma-ray bursts shimmer as pinpoints of aluminum. What you see is a graveyard of stars, yet it alludes to life. The journey we humans have been on to arrive right here
Video examples
See Elephants at Their...
it's a breezy shimmery party filled atmosphere as we celebrate the birth of Scotty 2 hotty this is Safari live I am in the middle of one of the true wilderness areas left in the world
Video examples
The Colorful,...
It is hot and humid, and the shimmering stars watch us through the dense canopy. When we turn on our flashlights, there is life all around us.
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Chicago's Coolest...
the wind from shimmering skyscrapers to world fair wonders Chicago has enough historical treasures to keep travelers intrigued for days
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Quote examples
Tony Robinson
English Actor
It's not that I think every late 19th-century man with a beard who saw something shimmering in front of him was actually seeing his dead aunty. What I'm saying is: lighten up. This isn't weird stuff. It's interesting.
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Stephen A. Schwarzman
American Businessman
I like being in warm weather. I find that relaxes me. I like being near water. I like sitting on a beach and sort of hearing the water, watching waves break, looking at the shimmering. I find that really relaxing.
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John Dyer
Artist
I love the sea's sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with the colour of the water over white sand, surprises me every time.
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Coy Bowles
American Musician
You don't realize how beautiful an idea is until you do it with other people. There's this really shimmery, awesome thing when you start finishing a song - where the song just starts writing itself.
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Ayesha Curry
Canadian Actress
I remember my mom wearing CoverGirl. And, no joke, the first lipstick I got was CoverGirl. It was this pearly pink shimmer that was not the color for me, but it sticks in your mind.
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Hayao Miyazaki
Japanese Director
Plants exist in the weather and light rays that surround them - waving in the wind, shimmering in the sunlight. I am always puzzling over how to draw such things.
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Elizabeth Gilbert
American Novelist
Sanity and clarity are more important for me and I'm willing to give up a lot of shimmer for it. I'm willing to have more boring friends, who are sane.
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Georg Buchner
German Dramatist
The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled.
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Carrie Underwood
American Musician
I love eye shadows that are shimmery and playing with colors. There's just more you can do with your eyes.
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Masaba Gupta
Indian Designer
Fabrics such as raw silk, velvet, shimmer, satin and georgette work well for the wedding season.
Quote examples
Tony Robinson
English Actor
It's not that I think every late 19th-century man with a beard who saw something shimmering in front of him was actually seeing his dead aunty. What I'm saying is: lighten up. This isn't weird stuff. It's interesting.
Quote examples
Stephen A. Schwarzman
American Businessman
I like being in warm weather. I find that relaxes me. I like being near water. I like sitting on a beach and sort of hearing the water, watching waves break, looking at the shimmering. I find that really relaxing.
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John Dyer
Artist
I love the sea's sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colours that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with the colour of the water over white sand, surprises me every time.
Quote examples
Coy Bowles
American Musician
You don't realize how beautiful an idea is until you do it with other people. There's this really shimmery, awesome thing when you start finishing a song - where the song just starts writing itself.
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Ayesha Curry
Canadian Actress
I remember my mom wearing CoverGirl. And, no joke, the first lipstick I got was CoverGirl. It was this pearly pink shimmer that was not the color for me, but it sticks in your mind.
Quote examples
Hayao Miyazaki
Japanese Director
Plants exist in the weather and light rays that surround them - waving in the wind, shimmering in the sunlight. I am always puzzling over how to draw such things.
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Elizabeth Gilbert
American Novelist
Sanity and clarity are more important for me and I'm willing to give up a lot of shimmer for it. I'm willing to have more boring friends, who are sane.
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Georg Buchner
German Dramatist
The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled.
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Carrie Underwood
American Musician
I love eye shadows that are shimmery and playing with colors. There's just more you can do with your eyes.
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Masaba Gupta
Indian Designer
Fabrics such as raw silk, velvet, shimmer, satin and georgette work well for the wedding season.
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