The lake was gleaming in the bright sunshine.
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Gleaming
//ˈɡliːmɪŋ//
Synonyms for "gleaming" (80 found)
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12 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- llampant adj (having a bright sheen)
Finnish
1 entries- hohtava adj (having a bright sheen)
French
1 entries- brillant adj (having a bright sheen)
Hindi
2 entries- उज्ज्वल adj (having a bright sheen)
- चमकीला adj (having a bright sheen)
Irish
3 entries- gléineach adj (having a bright sheen)
- lonrach adj (having a bright sheen)
- soilseach adj (having a bright sheen)
Portuguese
2 entries- brilhante adj (having a bright sheen)
- cintilante adj (having a bright sheen)
Quechua
1 entries- lliphlli noun (flash or reflected light)
Russian
1 entries- сверка́ющий adj (having a bright sheen)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The fat woman, the young couple, the sleeping Indian and the tall man in black, but now skin and flesh and hair had disappeared, and empty eye sockets stared from gleaming white skulls.
Source: tatoeba (275007)
As I was eating lunch, Kichiya came to me and, while she was serving my meal, she was toying happily with her ring set with a gleaming jewel.
Source: tatoeba (605959)
When the full moon, gleaming silver, rises over the horizon, it seems significantly larger than when it has progressed farther on its nightly path, standing high in the heavens. Amazingly, this is an optical illusion.
Source: tatoeba (2725677)
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