Shimmering
['ʃɪmɚ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shimmer
(n.) A gleam or glimmering.
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Examples
- It was a bright, crisp February morning, and the snow of the day before still lay deep upon the ground, shimmering brightly in the wintry sun. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In an evil moment the shopman held up the lovely, shimmering folds, and said, A bargain, I assure, you, ma'am. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- At the end of the breakfast the Pussum appeared, in a purple silk wrap with a shimmering sash. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At last came she whom Tarzan sought, with lithe sinews rolling beneath shimmering hide; fat and glossy came Sabor, the lioness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Like a shimmering waterfall turned to burnished metal by a dying sun it fell about her oval face; in waving lines, below her waist it tumbled. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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