| 单词 | gleam |
| 例句 | A gleaming saddle and a silver platter carved all over with scrollwork. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z At last McNab was back on the mound, fingering the ball in his glove, a demon’s gleam in his eye. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They gleamed from a recent application of wax. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He trains his camera on the gleaming blade. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z They were reflected in mirrors, silver, gleaming floors and mahogany. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In one hand he carried a gleaming brown guitar with a long scarlet cord and tassels. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Very soon Nhamo and the nurse found themselves at the foot of the gleaming red steps. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s warm enough for the park today,” I say, glancing across the parking lot to the strip of sun-sparkled ocean gleaming between Coastal Marine Supply and Otis’s Hardware. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Bull Sparra pecked nut morsels from his feathers, his eyes gleaming craftily. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The colors seemed brighter, and the beaded raindrops gleamed like jewels on the petals of the flowers and the leaves of the trees. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z My domain gleams with moonlight when I awake to the sound of Stella’s calls. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z They chose custard pies off the gleaming dessert cart. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He put the empty popcorn bag to his full lips, inflated it, and waited, his eyes gleaming with reflected Technicolor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He kicked his foot free from the rock loop, and his body rose to the surface and his black hair gleamed in the sunlight. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking down and to his left, he saw Ravenel shimmering across the river, the white yachts gleaming under marina lights, and shrimp boats ghostly below their nets. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The tape will not be able to pick up the angry gleam in Mr. Neck’s eyes, though. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She sat up suddenly, her eyes wide and gleaming in the moonlight flooding the house. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Upstairs in Kenyon’s room, on a shelf above his bed, the lenses of the dead boy’s spectacles gleamed with reflected light. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z At its far end was an altar upon which stood a cross of gleaming gold. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z And inside that cage was a small bird, like none Hazel had ever seen, as gleaming white as the feathers of the swanskin. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The faint, mad gleam of enthusiasm had come back into O’Brien’s face. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Gold highlights gleamed from inlay and fastenings like distant fires in that wood, winking every time he moved. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Gilded temples, restored to their former grandeur, gleamed in the desert sun. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z All the threads of his past spun around her, faster and faster the longer she looked, but that one gleamed more brightly than the others. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In the middle of his forehead was a great pearl, which gleamed like the moon on a cold, crisp autumn night; but its luster was fading. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She went into all the details—the plants, the gleaming equipment, the chairs with their swivels and castors—and it was so vivid everyone let her talk uninterrupted for ages. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The air was smooth with the scent of wax, and in the honeyed light, the gleaming surfaces of the furniture seemed to ripple and breathe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But he couldn’t resist a little modernity here and there; he sped around his lake in gleaming speedboats. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As she watched, the circle sank very slowly down, until it was hidden, except for a gleam of brightness, behind the leaves. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The pumpkin had been transformed into a gleaming coach with brass door handles and windows through which lacy curtains peeked. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Cutie had risen to his feet and his gleaming eyes passed from one Earthman to the other. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z At the corners of the lips, and on each side of the chin, a few long bristles gleamed almost white against the dark skin. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The wet wall gleamed in the faint moonlight. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Then he saw Dumbledore rising out of the water ahead, his silver hair and dark robes gleaming. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The blade gleamed long and thin, with an evil-looking curve to it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They winged through the last gleams of starlight, re-forming into their siphon of whirling wings, and she opened her mouth and took them back in. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Alum Bey climbed off Tommy Forester and he strutted over to Bridget Comfrey, bowed low to her, and grinned with gleaming teeth. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z But as an aspiring architect, she couldn’t help admiring the terraced gardens, the fountains and temples, the winding cobblestone streets and gleaming white villas. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The steel gleamed strangely bright in the wan sunlight, now red, now yellow, now blazing white. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But inside the garage the tractor gleamed, all shiny green surfaces and slick black tires. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He decided there was something more beautiful than an off-course projectile: the Athena Parthenos gleaming in the sunrise, flying in from the coast, suspended from the tethers of six winged horses. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Suddenly into view below came a white horse, gleaming in the shadows, running swiftly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z For a fleeting instant, Harry thought he saw a gleam of something like triumph in Dumbledore’s eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Her cat eyes gleam in the half light, twin to Madoc’s. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When his mouth opened, his teeth gleamed like black needles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It sundered, and a pale spindle of light gleamed between his opened arms, a faint oval reaching from the ground up to the height of his raised hands. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He could see the pieces quite easily, because the metal caught the gleam from outside: seven of them, the smallest being the point itself. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Off-white rugs on the gleaming parquet floor—faintly tinted walls—a long mirror surrounded by lights. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Indoors there were hardwood floors, waxed daily to a perfect gleam. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind whipped up the garbage in the streets and the air was so wet that the buildings gleamed through it. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He keeps working on the scim, shining it, then sharpening it with a whetstone until it gleams. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Dunbar broke through and leaped up furiously on the soldier in white’s bed to see for himself, pressing his gleaming eye down hungrily against the tattered black hole in the shell of white bandages. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z A gleam of excitement lit his eyes as he waited for my reaction. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Flames rose a hundred feet into the night sky and cast their gleam far out onto the lake. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We now slowly ascended a drive, and came upon the long front of a house: candlelight gleamed from one curtained bow-window; all the rest were dark. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She’s the only girl I know who wears a watch and the wristband is a gleaming gold bracelet. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Sarai looked down: at the gleam of the Cusp, beyond which the sun was soon to sink, and at the fine thread winding down the valley toward Weep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The last I see of him and the Dauntless traitors leading him is the gleam of the gun barrel and blood on the back of his earlobe from an injury I didn’t see before. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He felt a hand touch his shoulder; he did not turn round; his eyes looked downward and saw the man’s gleaming black shoes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A gleam that made Thomas suddenly more scared of him than he’d been minutes earlier. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The Athena Parthenos gleamed in the early light, and Reyna thought how beautiful the goddess would look on the hill above the Greek camp. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In moonlight, neatly stacked, twelve wooden crates gleam. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “What the hell do I care?” responded Captain Black with an indifferent shrug, and then gawked suddenly at Yossarian with surprise and with a crafty gleam of prying elation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “You didn’t tell us you weren’t allowed to use magic outside school,” said Uncle Vernon, a mad gleam dancing in his eyes. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z A gleaming black-and-gold bus was parked along the curb with the front sliding doors open. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z You cannot explain the behavior of matter—why gold gleams; why hydrogen combusts with oxygen—without invoking the atomic nature of matter. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The dark, dusty world departs beneath me; and I look down and see my body cast, gleaming white from my waist to my toes, the way it did when they first put it on me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Tony looked over at Wes, his clothes, his crisp green footwear, the laces gleaming white even after their tumble through the grass. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Though Elena looked fully formed, the edges of her body gleamed as though made from starlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Inside, the diner gleamed with chrome and smelled like linoleum and ketchup. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought — but a trick of the light, I suppose —” said Hepzibah, looking unnerved, and Harry guessed that she too had seen the momentary red gleam in Voldemort’s eyes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They were bronzy gleams of smooth motion against the shadowy crags of the airless asteroid. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z She could see a number of cars, some up in the air on gleaming steel poles, others over pits in the ground, and still others parked here and there. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The sun broke through the clouds and gleamed upon the water. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Canning jars, stacked three deep, gleamed like a rainbow of liquid jewels along the length of the shelf. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His voice trailed off as he met Mr. Jackson’s glare, but his eyes gleamed with fury. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I turned to head through the passageway, only to find Uncle Cotton standing in front of me, the Story Box extended, a weird gleam in his blue eye. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Nice big smile, Harry,” said Lockhart, through his own gleaming teeth. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The sun had now risen high enough to look over the high hedge: it gleamed on the tops of the birches and lit the northward side of the dingle with a cool yellow light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Shining silver, rubbing water spots off fine glasses, and the endless dusting and wiping...Everything in Daffodil Manor had to gleam and shine like it hadn’t in years. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Mr. Patterson pointed to the brown Dodge Diplomat, gleaming in the driveway as if it had been recently waxed. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Beyond that black clot the sea lay, pale with the last ashy gleam of day. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The sun gleamed red, and under the wings of the Nazgûl the shadows of death fell dark upon the earth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Then it’s washed again and again until it gleams white as fresh snow. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Down past the fisheye on the hall wall, I can see my white shape, of tented body, hair down my back like a mane, my eyes gleaming. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The links of the chain gleamed in the lamplight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Her pale skin gleamed in the sunlight, her own swirling work tattoos almost black against the flush of her cheeks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z In the center of the floor, gleaming white under hundreds of spotlights, was the ring. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His grip on his throat tightened, as if to silence the words that fought to come out, and the ebony ring on his finger gleamed dully. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They threw themselves on their backs and caught their breath, looking up at the mist-covered mountains gleaming white in the moonlight, and sucked on handfuls of snow to ease their thirst. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Dark-skinned women sat around her on all sides, each clad in gleaming white linen. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As I turned ahead, a massive form emerged from the darkness, intruding into the electrical lights’ harsh gleam. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z His eyes are a deep blue, almost purple, and his gold tooth gleams when he smiles for me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My skin gleamed like the morning star and I felt as hot as the centre of the sun and I smelled God knows like what. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The dreamer paid for them out of a silly sort of green brocade purse, and in the next instant they were gleaming at her wrist like a charm bracelet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There was a fanatical gleam in his eye, another smile playing on his lips. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z They walked around the gleaming shell of broken glass. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z On the near side of him lay, gleaming on the ground, his elven-blade, where it had fallen useless from his grasp. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Reg struggled with the first few steps, his forehead gleaming with a new sheen of sweat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They made a pattern I had never noticed before—a gleaming constellation that looked a lot like a girl’s figure—a girl with a bow, running across the sky. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I can’t suffer looking at the university’s gleaming glass administration building—all clean lines and razor-sharp edges that cut to the bone. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It had its own dock, and its gleaming white stone facade looked less like a pleasure house than a mercher mansion. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Under the constant currying and brushing his coat lay as smooth and gleaming as orange-red lacquer. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see the shield gleaming on his cap but the number was vague. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he looked at the neat arcs of gleaming tools, so eager to cut, they seemed to tremble. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The half-eaten scone still sat on the plate; the shoes, including the muddy ones, were still lined up neatly; and the tiles in the turquoise fireplace gleamed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Clara asked, and he noticed an ironic gleam in her hazel eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were gleaming behind his glasses like the eyes of a child who has just been given a much-wanted present. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Mom catches my eye with a gleam in hers and says with sass, “Don’t worry—I got this!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She is carefully dressed, with gold jewelry at her ears and throat, a navy apron wrapped around her waist, gleaming black leather shoes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The tiled roofs and gold domes gleamed in the sun. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The crimson luster of the fire gleamed on the white men’s faces. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The cloth of his doublet appears ripped, a gleam of metal underneath. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He looked up, his face covered in sweat, his bald head gleaming. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But in time, something in Seabiscuit’s demeanor—perhaps a conspicuous lack of sweating in the workouts, perhaps a gleam in the horse’s eye that hinted at devious intelligence—made Fitzsimmons question his assumptions. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He listened; and as he did a gleam of hope came to him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In her eyes was a gleam of material interest I hadn't noticed before. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Real stained-glass windows, high up and out of danger, gleamed where once there had been blank walls. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In the jockey’s eyes, Alexander saw “an evil gleam.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She followed her parents into the house, which shone and gleamed and had the vague air of a mausoleum, thanks to all the marble. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z We stay in this other family’s driveway in silence, staring out at the ocean, where the sun has made its gleaming road to the horizon. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Piper was relieved to see the gleam in his eyes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Now, my turn,” the woman said, eyes gleaming. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top of the nearest colonnade stood Jason, his sword gleaming gold in the sun. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At the Big Top Mall, some stores sell new things, things like balloons and T-shirts and caps to cover the gleaming heads of humans. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z There were five of them, two officers, three ratings, a gleaming group of fresh white, blue and gold. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Alone in the stacks, I run my fingers across gleaming paperbacks and matte hardcovers. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then Pippin, who sat in the bow looking back, caught a queer gleam in his eye, as he peered forward gazing at Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They were prosperous farms, you could tell, because the barns gleamed with fresh red paint and the houses often had swimming pools out front. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I tilt my head back to look at him, at all the metal gleaming on his face, at his empty eyes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But when I sit on the chair at the foot of his bed, looking at his white face through the tangle of gleaming plastic tubes and IV lines, I am dry-eyed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Flashes of colored light gleam through gaps in the canvas to slide across our faces: young and old, dark and pale. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Baton-twirling trophies were everywhere, hundreds and hundreds of them gleaming in the green dimness so that the garage looked like the cave of Ali Baba. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z He fumbled through the grasses, seeking the gleam of his blade. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The wild wind must have been bringing clouds overhead, because suddenly the moon was covered, and darkness swept over the whole landscape—thick clouds, too, for no gleam of moonlight shone through them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The crown prince wore the armor he would die in: gleaming black plate with the three-headed dragon of his House wrought in rubies on the breast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Willow’s running to and fro, a gleam in her eye. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course you do. Everyone does,” said the other mother, her black button eyes gleaming. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z And there is Papa Legba, leaning on his cane with a cigar in his mouth and looking straight into the car with his gleaming white eyes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He was outside of himself now, looking on; he lay under a winter sky lit with tall gleams of whirling light, hearing thirsty screams and hungry shouts, defiant, unafraid. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He saw the phalanx of arrows gleam like an eyeflick in the moonlight All his life up to then he had been shooting into straw targets which made a noise like Phutt! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They gleamed as he drew them from their black sheaths, wrought of some strange metal, light and strong, and set with many fiery stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The old woman leaned forward, her black eyes gleaming. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Nearing the finish line for the penultimate time, Louie fixed his eyes on the gleaming head of the pomaded competitor, who was many runners ahead. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z And right inside the lovely celestial curve as it grew was the thing Alice mentioned, the great building gleaming white under the moon. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The equipment gleamed, as if it had never been played on. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The gloved hand emerged from the deep folds of the cloak and in the moonlight Gabe could see that it now held a gleaming knife with a long, very narrow blade and pointed tip. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He wasn’t sweating in his dark suit the way the white men had stained their white uniforms, but his face gleamed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw a gleam of light from the backyard. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z His armor gleams, and he wears a golden helmet. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The wounded whiteness gleamed open in the moon. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry jumped forward, but too late — Lockhart was straightening up, panting, Ron’s wand in his hand and a gleaming smile back on his face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Amid the chaotic sounds of battle, a plainsong chant, ‘Crux fidelis’, introduces the figure at top left with a gleaming cross. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In the reflection of the stadium lights, his face was like a gleaming coin. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z All over the house red eggs gleam in lengthening, solstice rays. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As our eyes adjusted, we caught the dull gleam of theirs staring back at us—dozens and dozens of them. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The snow, not deep, softening, gleamed in a white cover over all that she could see. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The night was old, and westward the waning moon was setting, gleaming fitfully through the breaking clouds. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Her eyes traced the sleek shape of the table’s legs, the sinuous curves of its corners, the gleam of its reflective, dark brown surface. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He was a tall, narrow man, like one of the marble pillars, except that, sheathed in sweat, he gleamed more. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It had no visible propeller, though blue light similar to TimeStar’s device gleamed beneath it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There was an odd red gleam in his hungry eyes now. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Thorn’s outfit had gloves with needlelike spikes that sprung up from the knuckles, and Seven’s had a small golden dagger that gleamed in the light. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Her hair was gleaming black under the emergency lights, and her arm was above her head, outstretched—toward me? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was dusk, the snake gleaming dustily in the yellow headlight beams. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty or thirty buildings were made of abalone, white but gleaming with rainbow colors. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Once I slid down a zip line from the Hancock building and imagined what the marsh looked like full of water, blue-gray and gleaming under the sun. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She shut her eyes as she went over it, and as the dazzling gleam passed behind her and she bent her head towards the earth again, she felt the star slip down her horn. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The idea city still gleamed then, after all, plus this was the city of cities, a place that promised to be recalled as an era. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The hospital was a Goliath of brown brick and gleaming glass, looming over a green lawn as bright as bread mold. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was beautiful, and horrible too, with gleaming, rainbow-colored scales, and an eye like a marble beginning to dim even as she watched it. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I look out the window, at the planes perched on the runway, gleaming and poised for flight. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Interspersed among their ranks were a dozen battle forklifts, their sharpened tines gleaming in the sunset and flaming bolts nocked in their crossbows. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It is the size of a truck engine, nosed in knobs, shiny with chrome, gleaming with modern-day hope. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The pleased butcher went into the icebox and returned holding up a gleaming white bone with creamy marrow in it and shreds of red meat clinging to the ends. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there was a creature bounding along the pig track toward him, with tusks gleaming and an intimidating grunt. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The sparkling, empty streets, the polished black cars, the rows of gleaming white houses, he said, were like a dream. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The walls were of a gleaming silvery finish that retained no fingerprints. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Behind this screen there gleams an astonishing promise: One can become a public person while still remaining a private person. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Yellow dog eyes stared dead at Pima and Nailer, gleaming dully in the tropical sunbeams that penetrated the torn room. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was critical now, Olmsted argued, to concentrate on making improvements of a kind most likely to increase the gleam in the stories people took back to their hometowns. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She motioned to the wood and he saw there a gleaming white sleigh attached to winged white horses. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The tears streaming down her cheeks gleamed in the flickering light. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He was flying as high as twenty feet now, and the sun, gleaming through the painted canvas, made the wings seem like living flesh. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We fill supermarket cases with their flesh, all slick and gleaming on heaps of ice. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The doors to the fortress were made of some kind of white stone, and in the center of each was a round silver ring hanging from a gleaming hinge. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Only the yellow, moaning fight shone above them, making their faces gleam like muddy gold. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The third was taller than the others: his hair was long and gleaming and on his helm was a crown. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She polished the lotus flowers until they gleamed like ivory. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z There, not five feet in front of me, was my sword, its gleaming bronze hilt sticking up in the mud. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The gleaming shrines and monuments on Temple Hill crumbled. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She picked up Archer’s feather, gleaming iridescent green and fuchsia, and ran it along her cheek before tucking it into her hair. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Water ran slick on his face and a machete gleamed in his hand. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She was a fair child, lovely and dimpled, with soft, gleaming hair. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z High above him the stars glittered and gleamed, and the harvest moon shone golden yellow, the color of ripe corn. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She shrugged, not quite understanding the gleam in his eye. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Their eyes flashed red, and their long teeth gleamed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Each wears reflector sunglasses, and the gleam off the frames matches the gleam off the buckles on their holsters. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Paul Van Riper is tall and lean with a gleaming bald dome and wire-rimmed glasses. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z They tremble in my bones, my muscles, my gleaming blood. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Hazel could not take it all in, the kitchen, the gleaming, the uncle in the apron. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly I saw a pair of handcuffs arc gleaming into the air and sail across the street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But indeed, the address on the card brought her to the gleaming glass building of Dykman, Strauss & Tanner on Wall Street. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They saw now that the pillars were richly carved, gleaming dully with gold and half-seen colours. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The camp had started to look the way it should look: the meadows were green and lush; the white columns gleamed on the Greek buildings; dryads played happily in the woods. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Located minutes from downtown San Francisco, a baseball’s throw from where the San Francisco Giants play, it is a gleaming example of a new dedication to understanding the workings of the human brain. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He hears the brass bands, too, and the living room gleams bright with the showy flutes and trumpets and trombones. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z It had just rained and the horses gleamed in the wet air. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Their armor was polished and gleaming, and they all wore plumes in their helmets. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She could see the gleaming armor of Fae and mortal warriors, hear the clash of shields and the snarl of vicious beasts, and smell blood and rotting corpses all around her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The Triwizard Cup was gleaming on a plinth a hundred yards away. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Even the age spots that dotted his hands and legs gleamed. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z At the end of it, in the far distance, a light in the kitchen window gleamed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Something bright white was gleaming on the ground. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The wet path in the dry grass gleamed in the dark. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Blue-furred, orange-eyed, red-fanged, a tiger snarled upon his left biceps; a spitting snake, coiled around a dagger, slithered down his arm; and elsewhere skulls gleamed, a tombstone loomed, a chrysanthemum flourished. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Oiled every morning to make it gleam like gold, Tyrion suspected. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The chrome glittering across the front grille gleamed so brightly that you had to take your eyes away from it when the sun struck just right. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He was a tall and burly sixth year and, at the moment, his eyes were gleaming with a crazed enthusiasm. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He couldn’t close his eyes without seeing Roza’s slim hands slapping at fogged glass, the gleaming black SUV swallowed up by the gathering dark. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Himble took off his hat and wiped it across his brow, and his white hair gleamed in the moonlight like wadded cotton. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Action shots flash across the screen: cowboys on horseback, pistols gleaming at their hips; quiet villages of tepees; violent war scenes; a kiss between a cowboy and a Native girl. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The girls entered a gleaming, stainless steel elevator. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I called in fright, “Lucy! Lucy!” and something raised a head, and from where I was I could see a white face and red, gleaming eyes. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The luminous tower fascinated him, and he fought the desire that was on him to run up the gleaming road towards its gate. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Hickock’s uneven eyes turned toward a window in the visiting room; his face, puffy, pallid as a funeral lily, gleamed in the weak winter sunshine filtering through the bar-shrouded glass. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother throws her head back, her newly pressed and curled hair gleaming her smile the same one she had before she left for Columbus. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Inej noted the glint of knives tucked into their belts, lead pipes, weighted chains, axe handles studded with rusty nails, and here and there, the oily gleam of a gun barrel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Since I’m confessing, I also love the view of the woods from the great-room window, the gleam of the hardwood floor in the family room, and the soft-peach colors of my bedroom. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Something ahead was gleaming, on the horizon, nowhere near yet. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Dany pictured him riding toward her through the tall grass, smiling, his golden tooth gleaming with the last light of die setting sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We don’t say nothing about it, just watch it gleam in the middle of the church. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The sound of crunching leaves and labored breathing filled the warm autumn air, and Celaena kept her gaze on the damp and gleaming dark hair of the thief in front of her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Seven highly polished, brand-new handles and seven sets of fine gold lettering spelling the words Nimbus Two Thousand and One gleamed under the Gryffindors’ noses in the early morning sun. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He saw that Strider was sitting alert in his chair: his eyes gleamed in the light of the fire, which had been tended and was burning brightly; but he made no sign or movement. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Coaxing a fresh blaze with a blowpipe, he found tongs and with them held a portion of the collar carefully to the blast, his corded, brown old back gleaming with the heat. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It gleamed as it twisted in the sun. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I took a step across the room; there was another door to my left through which I saw the gleam of chromium and tile. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Every once in a while I’d look up, look at my computer, its dead, dark face gleaming in the dim light, and I’d hesitate. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They drew closer, lances leveled as if each gleaming point sought its own target. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z One golden drachma gleamed at the bottom of the fountain. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He laughed, but the sound now seemed warm and kindly as a gleam of sunshine. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Three gleaming feathers streamed beneath her, elegant ribbons of light. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Over the pond the west wind blew, and into the teeth of the west wind sailed the sloops and schooners, their rails well down, their wet decks gleaming. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z There were two tiny gleams of light behind, or for a moment he thought he saw them, but at once they slipped aside and vanished. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Clear medium brown skin, gleam on it like on good furniture. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A total of thirty fresh warriors, armor gleaming and eyes frill of hate, lowered their lances as one—making a bristling wall of death. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z There, in the display window of a small jewelry shop, gleamed a silver bangle with multicolor stones. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z They were arguing some point heatedly, but I was too agitated to listen and simply followed in their shadows, noticing the dull gleam of their polished shoe-leather in the rays of the street lamps. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Two gleaming lamps appeared in the darkness of the cat’s face and his tail swished in response, but he restrained himself in deference to his surroundings. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun shone on her blue-gray shoulders and gleamed in her large eyes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Curtain glanced up, his lenses gleaming like polished chrome in the sun. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z In his hand he holds a machete—blade bitten from who knows what terrible deeds—which gleams with the light of the stars. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Sefia watched the fine hair on his forearms gleaming in the lamplight. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The fences, and the barbed wire atop them, gleamed in the sun. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z His hair was white as snow in the sunshine; and gleaming white was his robe; the eyes under his deep brows were bright, piercing as the rays of the sun; power was in his hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Libby’s eyes gleam, and her lips twist into another version of that creepy smile. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Hie water of the Gulf stretched out before her, gleaming with the million lights of the sun. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Its arms and legs were thin and feeble, and its face — no child alive ever had a face like that — flat and snakelike, with gleaming red eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He flashed his gleaming smile, dazing her momentarily. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Gandalf stood in the middle of the span, leaning on the staff in his left hand, but in his other hand Glamdring gleamed, cold and white. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The magnificent mess of curly hair, the gleaming amber eyes, the silver nose hoop, the perfectly proportioned—and super-soft—lips... Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Tool’s eyes flicked to the captain, and his sharp teeth gleamed in a brief smile. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “I ... I ...” he stammered and pulled from his pocket a long, gleaming knife; it was already open. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun went down, casting red gleams across the water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She flashes her stun gun at me, its edges gleaming in the light, and then flings my rope up to the protruding corner of the next story up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z What struggle there was in him between Nature and Grace in this interval, I cannot tell: only singular gleams scintillated in his eyes, and strange shadows passed over his face. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But Jonas could see that Lily, though she seemed attentive, was looking longingly at the row of gleaming bicycles, which would be presented tomorrow morning to the Nines. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The Hogwarts Express, a gleaming scarlet steam engine, was already there, clouds of steam billowing from it, through which the many Hogwarts students and parents on the platform appeared like dark ghosts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Olmsted looked worn and gray, except for his eyes, which gleamed beneath his bald skull like marbles of lapis. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He looked down at the clutch of eggs and spotted the gold one, gleaming against its cement-colored fellows, residing safely between the dragon’s front legs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z After that were the translucent columns, so lustrous Pinmei could see their gleam from the distance. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I notice that his eyes gleam along with his gold tooth whenever he smiles. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z In the castle of Benwick, the French boy was looking at his face in the polished surface of a kettle-hat It flashed in the sunlight with the stubborn gleam of metal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky remained gray, threatening, the valley dark, their ridge and part of the meadow around the ninth Little Baldy Bear Lake a sheer, dully gleaming white. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Cramp was perfectly still, and his eyes gleamed with a weird hypnotic glow. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z They all went together up to the quaint little Gothic church of Our Lady of Lourdes, gleaming all brown and yellow with paint in the sun’s glare. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore white breeches and boots and a white shirt with white lace at the throat, and the fabric of his clothes gleamed as if there were light trapped within its threads. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t know her way around Atlanta, but the strange mixture of gleaming glass office buildings, columned houses, stucco mansions, and long stretches of worn-out row houses gave her a sense of discovery. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Even when Miss Trotter got the best of Ma Charles there was a gleam in Ma Charles’s eyes when Vonetta “repaid” her with Miss Trotter’s words. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Their boots gleam and their uniforms are tidy. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There was a ladder made of iron whose slick rungs were coated with ice that gleamed like neon in the circling blades of yellow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And in the faint gleam, he could see it: just above her left temple, there was a little patch of hair that was shorter than the rest. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When they had reached it, they both held a hand out over one of the cup’s gleaming handles. said Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Onto the shirt, she had sewn four carefully hoarded brass buttons, gleaming, each marked with the French flower that the voyageurs called fleur-de-lis. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The embroidery on her close-fitting dress gleamed and she looked, for a moment, like a shapely spirit who had emerged from the sea. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A jeweled tiara gleamed amidst her long golden hair, its emeralds a perfect match for the green of her eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This time a man went down and I saw a woman swinging a gleaming frying pan hard against the horse's rump and the horse neighing and beginning to plunge. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She finally looks at me, her eyes gleaming with delight. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Its broad silver buckle gleamed in the lantern light. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He cast back his cloak, flashed out his sword, and the silver and sable of Gondor gleamed on him as he rode forward. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Huge gears lay exposed under the floor, wicked teeth intertwined, gleaming with oily coatings. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead of blue skies, he saw black space spangled with stars, the palaces of Mount Olympus gleaming silver and gold in the background. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z On each of their wrists gleamed a heavy gold watch. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z This time she was out in a field with the boy, holding his hand, and it was raining, not hard, but steadily, although almost everywhere around them on the horizon sunshine gleamed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The moonlight, penetrating a thin space between two trees, caught the stream that ran through its centre, so that, now and then, as the branches stirred, there was a gleam of water. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z There was a dangerous gleam in Marcus’s eyes, a flicker that scared me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It lay on a square of oilcloth in a thousand gleaming pieces. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Her black skin gleamed in the candlelight of her shack. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Seen from the top the stuff looked almost black, but in the decanter it gleamed like a ruby. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The King's mail gleamed dully on a rack at the back. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He rang the bell and waved, making sure she saw the strip of white gleaming around his wrist. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z It was weak, but it was blue-white—and the gleaming pea that was the distant source of light was not Old Sol. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Was it so, or had he only imagined it, that as he spoke of the Stones a sudden gleam of his eye had glanced upon Pippin’s face? The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I’d been struck by this picture because the guillotine looked like such a precision instrument, perfect and gleaming. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z They were halfway toward the castle when Harry, glancing to his left, saw something that made his heart turn over — a pair of eyes, gleaming out of the darkness. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “That’s right,” Captain Marsh said, the certainty gleaming in his eyes. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Her hair is waist-long and gleaming, her jewelry glittery, her skin flawless—except for the streaks made by the tears streaming down her face. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A glint came into his eyes, and Sam catching the gleam in the darkness thought it far from pleasant. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She was leaning back against a pile of empty sacks—her bare legs gleamed in the candlelight. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z On the quarterdeck, Aly, the ship’s steward, was busy arranging a table for two, laying out fluttering linens and gleaming silverware. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Down at the Early Childhood Center, where Marion worked, the swings creaked gently to and fro, and the corkscrewed slide gleamed silver in the moonlight. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z To the waist, a man, with red hair and beard, but below that was a horse’s gleaming chestnut body with a long, reddish tail. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z His dark eyes gleamed and there was an excited wolfish grin on his face. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was already setting beyond the San Francisco coast, so the cranes gleamed from the powerful lights that illuminated the structures. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Snowbell opened his mouth and showed two rows of gleaming white teeth, sharp as needles. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Fawkes the phoenix looked around, his bright black eyes gleaming with reflected gold from the sunset beyond the windows. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z There was a light gleaming from a high window in the tower, that was all. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His mouth did not seem to move with his words, and the harder I stared at his gleaming shoulders, the more uncertain I was of their shape. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z If he was winded, he didn’t show it, other than the gleam of sweat on his face and the dampness of his white shirt. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They gleamed in the morning sunlight as though their walls were studded with precious jewels. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The queen’s eyes gleamed—the way Hannibal the elephant’s did whenever he was unleashed to destroy a fortress. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Yet it seemed to Aragorn that he caught the gleam of eyes keen and bright from within the shadow of the hooded brows. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There is a gleaming puddle of sunlight across the surface of my desk. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Glass gleamed everywhere, and a hand clamped on her shoulder. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They thought of the slanting light of evening glittering on the Brandywine River, and the windows of Bucklebury beginning to gleam with hundreds of lights. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A conclusion was needed, something to shine a light on his idea and make it gleam, but he had none, so it just hung there in the air, sounding, frankly, ridiculous. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Through a small window, a faint gleam appeared. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Both her teeth gleamed in the gloom of the room. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The bony ribs of the wing stood out as high as a hill, and the arteries and veins gleamed like wires of fine-spun ruby and turquoise pressed into a thin sheet of jade. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When a scouting party spotted a herd, Ne-kah-e-se-y and the other hunters raced on their horses across the plains, the hooves pounding the earth like drums, the manes whipping the riders’ sweating, gleaming faces. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The only aspect of the rejuvenation that Miss Trixie had apparently retained was the teeth; they gleamed between her thin lips as they knifed into the cookies. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She blew her nose in the palm of her hands and wrung them till they gleamed with mucus. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened the door to a gleaming gym and led them to a large, clean bathroom with individual shower stalls. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It was a dark, ruddy dawn, and through a small square hole of a window, where the tattered paper fluttered, a glimpse of bronze sky gleamed. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Before me lies the oncoming night and the pale gleaming field. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The silks and muslins and gauzes still gleamed unworn and beautiful, and doubtless they were still fashionable. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Mr. White thundered, his lips snarling back to reveal gleaming teeth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “When the time comes,” Nathan said with a gleam in his eye, “the strength will be forthcoming, never fear.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z When April got that imagining gleam in her eye there was no telling what was going to happen next. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I could see by that gleam in your eye you were ready to cut them to pieces. And I couldn’t allow that, could I?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z As they got closer, gleams of light shot between the trees and lit the path. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a new gleam in those eyes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The street light picked up the gleam of his silver-knobbed cane as he tucked it under his arm. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The heat was intense—faces gleamed ruddy in the firelight, one or two women had drawn their saris across their eyes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The gleaming figure astride one of my trophies was broken, wingless, after hitting the ground. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Kemmerich’s face changes colour, it lifts from the pillow and is so pale that it gleams. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A gleaming city of gold was featured on one of them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There was a disconcerting gleam in his eye, as if he wanted to have a bite of her rather than the biscuit. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I needed to say this here, where it was too dark to see his expression and his eyes were just gleams. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Her face is a white gleam in the darkness. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They were the sanctified, the returnees, back home with an extra gleaming layer. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was a green valley-land dotted with trees through which he caught the gleam of a river that wound away roughly to the north-west. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z He was spitting and sputtering, and another monkey, a green bracelet around its arm gleaming in the light, scrambled to it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He trotted up and down the ranks, his plumed helmet gleaming, his legs decked in bronze greaves. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He took a bite of the pear, his gold tooth gleaming. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Kids with kitchen duty appeared bearing trays of food, all covered with gleaming silver tops so that you couldn’t see what was inside, sparking wild speculation about what might be for dinner. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Only a few places have candlelight gleaming through scorched curtains or open doorways. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z It rose about twenty yards, fuzzily gleaming, then whizzed straight back to earth only a few feet away, hitting with a hard thud, but it didn’t break. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, magnificently, the ship rose out of the water, gleaming in the moonlight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Having drawn gleaming, sharp knives, meat cleavers and tomahawks, the tsotsis began carving the man as he howled for mercy. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A tall canister of coconut oil gleamed in the flickering light of the brass lamp. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A few yards away, I realize that I know that dark hair that always gleams, even in relative darkness, and that long nose with a narrow bridge. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And there was that scar again, the smooth of it gleaming in the moonlight. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Liam made as if to press his hand down on the horn, but not before the driver of the Volkswagen rolled down his window and pointed something black and gleaming at us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Something gleamed beneath me, and in the fading light I could see an earthworm coming out of its hole. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The saltwater fountain in the corner had been freshly scrubbed so the coral gleamed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She had entered it the night before and turned the various gleaming handles. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She wondered if, in New York City, the Ryans would still be awake in their gleaming apartment, what they would say if she lifted the phone and said to them, I lied. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It flew straight down from the sky in drops the size of coffee saucers and hit the hot sidewalks with a hiss that sent clouds of steam writhing up from the gleaming, dark concrete. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z How the tourists must delight in the gleam of metal and porcelain! Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The troops from Andover appeared in their dashing red uniforms, every button shining, leather gleaming. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Drops of moisture rose from the grass beside her, gleaming like pearls as she transformed them into bullets of ice. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Nero looked like a prince from some saga told by firelight, all luster and gleam. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A tree was there, but not one gleam of white was on the branches. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Wistfully, he gazed at the edge of the blade resting on the white skin; the gleaming metal reflected the tremulous fury of the coals. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In the picture his eyes looked large and gleaming. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Zion smiled, his white teeth gleaming in the moonlight. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But the helm of her secrecy had fallen from her, and her bright hair, released from its bonds, gleamed with pale gold upon her shoulders. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The floors are polished wood, dark, and the walls, covered in sheets of bronze, gleam where the light touches them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Craster's new axe was on the table, its gold inlay gleaming faintly in the torchlight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Oh, I forgot to show you my pigs!” he exclaimed, the gleam returning to his eyes. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Half of it was on the grass, gleaming everywhere. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She’d bought him inexpensive pots and plates, the kind she used back in Cambridge, as opposed to the gleaming ones from Williams-Sonoma her children buy for her these days as gifts. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Standing behind us, his two-color eyes gleaming wickedly, was Dr. Thorn, the manticore himself. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He saw images of smiling, dark-haired white girls lolling on the gleaming sands of a beach. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It arrived on an enormous wooden tray, scented and gleaming, with a sprig of parsley in its mouth and a carrot protruding from its rump, the whole reposing on a bed of tomatoes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The light had changed: as well as the cold anbaric gleam from the zeppelins’ floodlights, there was the leaping orange of flames. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The kidneys were mine, gleaming with fat.5 He clapped my back, and called me a man. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z There’s a feverish gleam to his eyes, and his wide grin hasn’t left his face. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He beat his paws against the stones of the Abbey, a tear of frustration gleaming in his eye. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A solar panel gleamed like shadowy obsidian atop a tall metal pipe that reached beyond the canopy of broad leaves. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z One moment her hair was draped around her like a shawl and the next it was gleaming down her back like molten bronze. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His eyes gleam with tears as he says, “I love you, too, Beatrice.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He could see a faint gleam along the side of a brass microscope. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her husband’s wit, his musical talent, those exquisite long fingers so evident in any photograph imparted a gleam to her days that she was never able to recapture after his death. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A smile gleamed in the shaman’s eyes, but it didn’t find its way to his lips. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The gleam led me around a corner and into a small room with part of the ceiling caved in. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z A five-story-tall Roman coliseum gleamed in the sun, next to a long oval arena like a racetrack. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was shaped like an Aturan penance piece, but it gleamed silver in the moonlight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Aragorn stood beneath his banner, silent and stern, as one lost in thought of things long past or far away; but his eyes gleamed like stars that shine the brighter as the night deepens. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Everyone ready?” he said, his round face gleaming like a great, excited Edam. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He kept thinking about Snowbell and about the way Snowbell’s eyes gleamed. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Hung over his right arm was a fancy saddle with silver trim that gleamed so bright in the sun, it just about put my eyes out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Four sets of beady eyes gleamed in the shadows, and there was a soft fluttering of feathers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Harry moved gladly into the shade of the gleaming kitchen. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z ‘Did he!’ said Gandalf, and there was a gleam in his eye and a smile on his face. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Frank didn’t like the gleam in Leo’s eye. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Care to place a wager?” she countered, the gleam of challenge in her eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Holly Paine’s new sewing machine was gleaming white and covered with buttons. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Around midday, a big blue Buick with gleaming chrome bumpers slowed down and pulled onto the shoulder in front of us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The Governor’s barge glided toward the prison dock, its teak paneling gleaming in the sunlight. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z With the light of day shining through those stained-glass windows onto the gleaming bar top, I didn’t know whether to kneel down or belly up. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly I noticed a freight train, gleaming and free of snow. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She places a gleaming silver spoon and fork on the dirt-encrusted table and leans back to survey it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the luxurious palace featured gleaming marble walls, high ceilings, and spacious rooms filled with fancy gold-leaf furnishings. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Dhabus were rolling in every direction, gleaming pieces of gold rolling between patrons’ feet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The door opens and a Negro man stands there looking at me, his white clerical collar gleaming. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Her eyes, almost lost in the folds of leathery wrinkles, had a humorous gleam. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z THE district offices were located in a converted church structure, the main floor of which was occupied by a pawn shop, its window crammed with loot that gleamed dully in the darkened street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They saw my silk scarf, my Zegna pants, my gleaming shoes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Anthropologically speaking, the trailer park would be preferable, but here I have a gleaming white floor and a firm mattress, and the few resident bugs are easily vanquished. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Will went on, a gleam in his eye. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I looked up to watch him, to watch his dark skin covered with beads of sweat that gleamed in the sun. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She pressed the flat of her hand on Macon Dead’s desk and, holding the gleam steady in her eyes, pushed herself up from the chair. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A single billboard, mounted on the cornice of the building across the alley, dominates the view; its surface gleams three yards beyond the glass. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The plane returned at so low a level she could see the men in the cockpit, their coat collars pulled up around their necks, their crash helmets and goggles gleaming. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The women watching from the ground saw the gleaming red bursts of tracer bullets across the dark sky. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He followed her, staggered a little on landing, then straightened up in time to see the gleaming scarlet steam engine pick up speed, round the corner, and disappear from view. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Harpo so black he think she bright, but she ain’t that bright Clear medium brown skin, gleam on it like on good furniture. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of his feathery feet was tipped with five gleaming talons an inch long. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “I was very lucky to collect this,” he said, as he poured the gleaming mass into the Pensieve. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z For an instant the sun gleamed in her eyes, making her blink. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I pictured her at the piano, back in the days when its mahogany gleamed and every note was true. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z And tossing the Puffs onto the snow, now crusted and gleaming with sun melt. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Ser Meryn entered from the west side of the yard, clad in gleaming white plate chased with gold and mounted on a milk-white charger with a flowing grey mane. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When he finished, his eyes gleaming with resentment, the Champions sniggered, and Cain laughed the loudest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Serafina watched her go, and then turned to see the last of the gleaming angels disappear far away. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But when the sun rose upon her wedding day so did Daario Naharis, donning his clothes and buckling on his sword belt with its gleaming golden wantons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I held it up in the light and was surprised to see the gleam of a red gemstone. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Their doorways gaped like mouths and their windows gleamed like eyes, so that each one of them looked like the stark, empty face of a multi-eyed demon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the sun gleamed out of ragged clouds again and the rain lessened. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Every now and again a tiny red gleam far away flickered upwards on the rim of earth and sky. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The room was brighter than bright and everything in it gleamed. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Cardan holds out a fisted hand and opens it to reveal a royal ring gleaming in the center of his palm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His father’s pale skin gleamed with rain water and yet still he didn’t move. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z His eyes stay as they are, half-lidded, but the gleam has gone out of them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He wiped at his bloody nose, eyes gleaming as he panted. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Will managed to glance upward and saw the clouds stirring and swirling, and that gleam—something immense—growing more powerful, as if the clouds themselves were becoming luminous with energy, like plasma. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The moonlight bathed everything in the same pallid gleam. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Her hair is loose—long chestnut curls that fly behind her like a capelet, a few strands braided with gleaming silver thread. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The piano, waxed and polished every week, gleams in the sunlight from the curved bay window. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The canals, gleaming in the sun, dappled the ancient brickwork with gold. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He wore a blue and red uniform with elegantly polished black boots, and his epaulets gleamed gold. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The torrid cracks of the furnace gleamed in the crimson darkness and he heard the throaty undertone of the draft devouring the air. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Finally we reach the gleaming, terraced high-rises of Ruby, and we’re home. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Of that deadly gleam and of the dark eyeholes Frodo and Sam were always conscious, ever glancing fearfully over their shoulders, and ever dragging their eyes back to find the darkening path. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Only his face gleamed white as he looked up at Meggie. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Now, a hint of interest gleamed in his eyes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He wore black leather boots, black woolen pants, black moleskin gloves, and a fine supple coat of gleaming black ringmail over layers of black wool and boiled leather. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In his palm gleamed a metallic vial no bigger than an eyedropper. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It flared for a while, before he reached out and squashed it underneath a gleaming black boot. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Daniel Chester French’s “Statue of the Republic”—nicknamed “Big Mary”—stood in the basin complete and gleaming, its entire surface gilded. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Walrus tusks gleamed and drums, harpoons, and man’s knives decorated the walls. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, from a short distance away, came the rumble of a motor, then another, and then the gleam of glass and mirror reflecting the midday sun winked into the horizon. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Powell touched a still gleaming metal surface gingerly. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z As the two ran side by side, the gleam of their headpieces told her it was the breeding season of the caribou. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She got that gleam in her eye and started out full blast, and Toby settled back, feeling sure she was good for the rest of the time until recess. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Blood sprayed the air, an arc of black liquid gleaming in lantern glow. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Zane peered down over the edge of the basket, where the expansive glass walls of the New York City convention center gleamed in the sunshine. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It was a double fence, actually—two high chain-link barriers topped with spirals of gleaming razor ribbon and a kind of no-man’s-land in the eight or nine feet of ground between them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The gleaming scimitars that are her talons slice the air just above Alice’s head. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She took in the gleaming tower of an office building, the blue sky reflected off its sides. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He turned back with a gleam in his eye. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “I’ll be done in a minute,” he said, and Moss was lost in the water droplets, the way his brown skin gleamed under the hallway lamp, the ease with which his muscles flexed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The rider, a flash of gleaming blue silk, looked like he was flying. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She was at the beach, close to Kapugen, helping him haul in a huge gleaming net. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The thorns had captured Father’s gleaming new rickshaw, bushes closing around it like a trap. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z I had heard of the Wisconsin Dells but was not prepared for the weird country sculptured by the Ice Age, a strange, gleaming country of water and carved rock, black and green. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The officer's gold badge gleams bright in my room. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Harry ripped the parcel open and gasped as a magnificent, gleaming broomstick rolled out onto his bedspread. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Nowhere could they see any gleam of water or hear any sound of it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Across the narrow valley, now almost on a level with his eyes, the walls of the evil city stood, and its cavernous gate, shaped like an open mouth with gleaming teeth, was gaping wide. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He placed in Milo’s breast pocket a small gleaming pencil which, except for the size, was much like his own. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She thought with dismay of the Richardsons, of the vast and gleaming Richardson house, of Pearl’s face when her mother dared set foot on this precious soil. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And at the center of all this insanity stood Castle Anorak itself, an onyx jewel gleaming beneath the Sixers’ transparent spherical shield. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The backs of the horses shine in the moonlight, their movements are beautiful, they toss their heads, and their eyes gleam. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In the light of Selmy’s lantern, his scales gleamed like jade. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He holds the chain by one end and the gleaming gold disc rotates slowly, catching the light of the fluorescent bulbs. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He burst into the living room, his bald patch gleaming with sweat, his spectacles askew, Fred right behind him, both pale but uninjured. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Lights of lantern and werelight gleamed in the windows of the Great House, and down the hill the streets of Thwil town filled with darkness. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A tear gleams like a tiny pearl on David’s eyelashes. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Wing tips gleaming, my hair still damp, I was flipping through the Frankfurter Allgemeine when she rolled her unthinkable bicycle in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He could see the shine of polished furniture and the gleam of gold picture frames. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He was crying quite silently, his face gleaming with tears, and in his arms, wrapped in purple velvet spangled with golden stars, was what Harry knew to be Dumbledore’s body. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Knowing he’d only cause more trouble for himself if he stayed, the Crown Prince of Adarlan bowed silently and left his father, eyes gleaming with barely controlled anger. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The stranger drew back his left fist to punch Mr. Flux, and a silver band on his ring finger gleamed. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There was a clear, bright gleam in Ethan's eye as he concluded his answer with, "....to meet one's Waterloo means to suffer a crushing defeat." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Billy asked with a subtle gleam in his eye. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Their masks gleamed in the sun: boars and bulls, hawks and herons, lions and tigers and bears, fork-tongued serpents and hideous basilisks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A pair of cordovan shoes gleamed in the stall nearest the door. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Still moving forward, I saw his face gleam with red angry tears as he stood above Clifton with the still innocent knife and the tears red in the glow of the window sign. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The gaslights caught the gleam of sweat on his skin, accentuating the composed lines of his muscles, the steady rise and fall of his breast. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But the Doyles peer out at me from their windows, their various shades of blond hair gleaming under the small light inside their car. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The Sphinx bared her claws, which gleamed like stainless steel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I aimed it to the side; a faint gleam reflected back. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The windows were all gone but the brick shell of the house remained, damp and blackened and steaming, and most of the roof, the dark slate shingles gleaming like fish scales from their recent soaking. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Even now that the fish hung still and straight, they gleamed in the late afternoon light. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I lifted up my head to look: the roof resolved to clouds, high and dim; the gleam was such as the moon imparts to vapours she is about to sever. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The lights from the naked bulb on the ceiling gleamed off his satin caftan. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The shell was partly open, for the overhang protected this ancient oyster, and in the lip-like muscle Kino saw a ghostly gleam, and then the shell closed down. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z His black and gold feathers gleamed in the sputtering light. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Where all had looked so shabby and grey before, the wood now gleamed with rich browns, and with the smooth black-greys of bark like polished leather. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Mr. Richardson, looking at the silver arrow aligned and gleaming and certain in the clouded water, touched the collar of his shirt, wondered which way he was facing now. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But the aliens looked exactly like angels—so beautiful, and completely naked with gleaming silvery-white wings. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She leaped with grace, her fur gleaming like metal; then she swept into a dip in the landscape and vanished. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Across his chest was a gleaming black warhom, banded with silver. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Cardan is wearing silver on his chest, too, a plate of gleaming steel that hooks over his shoulders and seems more ornamental than protective. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She had found a jewel down inside herself and she had wanted to walk where people could see her and gleam it around. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z A dozen stout caribou, their white necks gleaming in the sunlight, browsed in the distance; but there was nothing else. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Golden plates and goblets gleamed by the light of hundreds and hundreds of candles, floating over the tables in midair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The prosecutor looked at me with an ironic gleam in his eye. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The storm had ended; a moon rose, and they saw the whitewashed houses rising on steep hills, gleaming in the moonlight. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The lawns, mowed smooth and flat as a new-made bed, gleam a strange, poisonous green. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I cry out, more frustrated than pained, and hit the crow with both hands, but it stays in place, resolute, one eye on me, feathers gleaming in the yellow light. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Golden eyes gleam above his neatly trimmed goatee. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Mother’s casket was made of gleaming mahogany carved with designs of fairies and elves. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z And he didn’t seem to notice when Sefia passed the book to Reed, golden clasps gleaming, begging to be opened. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They rose proudly out of the water, each with twelve sparkling white sails gleaming in the sun. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Below our hill, the lights of Oakland would gleam like a cloud of fireflies and the wrinkling waters of the bay would turn to quicksilver under the moon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The gleam faded from his eyes, and they went dim and grey, old and tired. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The commercials with smiling families in their bright, gleaming kitchens, wiping spilled juice with paper towels. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He said it like it was no big deal, but he had a gleam in his eye. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He stepped through for the last time and looked down over the silent city, the tiled roofs gleaming in the moonlight, the tower above them, the lighted ship waiting out on the still sea. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Ahead, the gull-white hull of the wreck gleamed in the sunlight, beckoning. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Jon could not look at them without remembering Ygritte: the gleam of fire in her hair, the look on her face when she’d disrobed for him in the grotto, the sound of her voice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The surface of the gem was smooth and round, and it gleamed up at the assassin like a purple eye. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then with a great cry the Riders charged from the East; the red light gleamed on mail and spear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The gleam vanished from his eyes as he said: “You’ll be sent back here, to serve out the remainder of your sentence.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A gleam lit Master Hyrrokkin’s faded brown eyes, but when he adjusted his spectacles and looked at the page, the gleam winked out. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "A thin, gleaming mustache and scheming, greedy eyes," Rani declares. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z In the larger refrigerated chambers, hooks impaled butterflied swine and cattle rimed with frost, their pale ribs gleaming in the shallow light. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The sun grew misty as the day grew old, until it gleamed in a pale sky like a high white pearl. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z On the clifftop, a collection of ruined temples and modern cranes gleamed silver in the moonlight. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z All the trailers around us are gleaming in the sunlight. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Her white arms gleamed in the firelight; her eyes glittered so brightly that even the farthest witch could see the play of expression on her vivid face. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I gagged, and the glass fell out of my hand, spilled over my uniform, and crashed to the tile floor where it broke into large chunks that gleamed in the pebbly milk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Harry had seen him scrubbing the message on the wall with Mrs. Skower’s All-Purpose Magical Mess Remover, but to no effect; the words still gleamed as brightly as ever on the stone. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The castle ghosts were there too, barely visible in the bright sunlight, discernible only when they moved, shimmering insubstantially on the gleaming air. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Each sleeve of his starched shirt protruded the same amount from the coat, just enough to show the matched cuff links, gleaming silver. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z There are no whites in its eyes, just a black gleam. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Go out for recess,” she said, criminal intent gleaming in her eyes. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Their polished chain mail and greaves gleamed over purple T-shirts and jeans. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He could see a faint light gleaming on the wet walls; he could smell fresh air; he could hear the lapping of water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I’d never seen a house as beautiful as Grandma and Grandpa’s home, with its gleaming floors, big eat-in kitchen, and a wide stairway up to the second floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Apparently nothing does, because when I open my eyes, bright hot afternoon light gleams through the rocks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The windows gleamed like beaten gold or silver, but now John saw, in the yellow light, how fine dust veiled their doubtful glory. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He heard the call of the sea once he laid eyes on its gleaming crests. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Eliu squatted with a fresh beer, gazing down the hillside at the Body Shop and Pipe Queen buildings; the wrecker parked in front gleamed like a magical apparatus. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly he reached out and stroked her gleaming black head. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z When he saw us a damp gleam of hope sprang into his light blue eyes. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I had seen pictures of the Azadi Tower, and it was stunning—gleaming white angles intertwining into a tall edifice, with intricate latticework that made me think of The Lord of the Rings. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The moonlight still slanted down to the fall’s foot and gleamed on the ripples of the basin. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Mami glances around at the gleaming wood furniture and at the ceiling lamp that has big teardrop crystals dangling from it. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Most captivating were the nights, “when the long shadows have all merged into one and the stars begin to gleam out over the lake and the domes of the palaces of the White City.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The path was paved with broken stones on one side and gleaming white diamond-shaped tiles on the other. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Aloft, floating free beneath the moist, gleaming membrane of bright blue sky, is the rising earth, the only exuberant thing in this part of the cosmos. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if my eyes are gleaming like his, like some animal’s, in the pink dusk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I advanced toward him, with what must have been a disturbing gleam of violence in my eye. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z There are the plates, gleaming whitely, and the glasses of juice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Sefia looked at the book where it lay, gold clasps gleaming faintly, on the deck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The burnished plates of his body gleamed in the Luxites and the glowing red of the photoelectric cells that were his eyes, were fixed steadily upon the Earthman at the other side of the table. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Somebody is going to snap it up soon, tear it down, and put up a gleaming block of overpriced luxury flats.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Harry could see him now, see the red eyes, the flattened, serpentine face, the pallor of him gleaming slightly in the semidarkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then he left, missing the gleam in his father's eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Ahead of the radiator's gleaming curve they looked like a chain gang on its way to make a road. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z At this hour the Crixa was all green shade, with red gleams of sun that winked through the moving leaves. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When they caught the sunlight, they gleamed like two golden coins. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His thin whippy tail began to sweep to and fro and a bright gleam appeared in the slanted black-currant eyes. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately above rose the Lhotse Face, a vast, tilted sea of ice that gleamed like dirty chrome in the dawn’s slanting light. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A gleaming black-and-gold bus was parked along the curb with the front sliding doors open. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He lay there unable to move, watching in horror while the man reached under his cloak, withdrew a gleaming hatchet, and chopped off half of his right foot. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was lined with polished wood and Russian leather and its bronze hardware gleamed like gold. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking at the cup, it seemed that far down in the gleaming shadows I could see two wide blue eyes glued to a windowpane. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have been a little after midnight when Gollum woke up: suddenly they were aware of his pale eyes unlidded gleaming at them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But the sheepherder merely chucked all these iridescent artifacts into a great gleaming pile and flailed away some more with his shovel. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On the floor there were packages wrapped in brightly colored paper and tied with gleaming ribbons. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z His gold tooth gleamed out from his dark face. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z As White walked along the cell block tiers, he could see figures from his past, their eyes peering out from behind bars, their bodies gleaming with sweat. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z David says, and tears gleam in his eyes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He walked slowly into the middle of the clearing and looked steadily at the skull that gleamed as white as ever the conch had done and seemed to jeer at him cynically. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She stood in the doorway, dressed in midnight black with her face hidden by a ski mask, carrying a gleaming scimitar. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His shiny bald head and great silvery mustache gleamed as brightly in the sunlight as the golden buttons on his waistcoat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The carving on the steel had the pearly gleam of a Damascus blade, while the stock flowed into lock and lock into barrels as though they had grown that way from a magic planted seed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun had treated his skin to a happy golden hue, and bleached the tips of his hair to a pale gleam. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She got up from bed to show her and was startled to see tears gleaming on Mom’s cheeks. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom was a gleaming silver train, its line of cars nearly vertical as it waited to travel up the mountain. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He held it up close to his face, his eyes gleaming. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Sure enough, I saw a gleam come into Ruth’s eyes and when she spoke again it was in an entirely new voice. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The icy summits of the highest mountain range in North America gleamed on the southwestern horizon. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The temples and forums of New Rome gleamed in the sunlight. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The gleam of light from the shutter still shone white and clear on the golden coverlet of the bed, picking out clearly and distinctly the tall sloping R of the monogram. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Her hair shone and her dark eyes glittered, and her bare legs gleamed golden in the sunlight. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It picked skeletons clean and fired them to a gleaming white. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His eyes came back from the distance, fixing them personally with a falcon’s gleam. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He covered the bulb of the battery light with his hand and switched it on, letting a thin gleam escape through his fingers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Her father with a shock of hair like a bristle brush stiff with shoe polish, rolling his large sleeves up to his elbows while the scar at his temple gleamed white. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The bright metal gleamed in the firelight glow. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her ear gleams when she moves her head—it is pierced from top to bottom. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Everything inside was built from dark wood, polished to a gleaming shine. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The house gleamed with white light and the barn was brown and warm. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z In Marie-Laure’s mind, it shifts and gleams, draws needles and thorns in the air. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He caught a gleam of red light sweeping the ground in front of the creature as if it came from its eyes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z On the opposite side of School Yard, the fifty-two stories of Lupton’s Tower gleamed white in the sunshine. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Something fluid and silvery gray went slithering to the floor where it lay in gleaming folds. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z At dawn parrots pour into the sky as if an unseen hand is opening, letting go a glittering gleam of green. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z All around her, the riders raised their lances, and the dirt and leaves that had buried the cruel bright points fell away to reveal the gleam of sharpened steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Today, he took them around the orchard of Dream Fruit and beneath an archway of gleaming silver feathers. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She was still blinking away the afterimage of Rasalas’s gleaming teeth, and the knowledge that it was all her fault. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In the dark without moon or stars a drawn blade gleamed, as if a chill light had been unsheathed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Mr. Larsen cared for it until the car gleamed like a jewel and purred like a well-fed tiger. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As Winston wandered toward the table his eye was caught by a round, smooth thing that gleamed softly in the lamplight, and he picked it up. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I see its awning from a full block away—its white stone exterior gleams in the sun. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Slender and sinuous, olive green, mahogany red, scarlet, and ash, they were weighted with broad, gleaming leaves and velvet berries and shaded the beach stones and mud flats. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z An old man, chest gleaming with medals, face whitened with pancake makeup, steps onto the patio. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Down the aisle, in front of the altar, is the casket, gleaming white. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z One was already completely empty of patients, and gleamed in spacious silence, waiting. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When the moon emerged from behind thunderhead darkness the river gleamed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When the shower of gold stopped, at the very moment Mo closed the book, Meggie saw there was a little sand among all the gleaming, glittering money. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z On the horizon there was the blue gleam of the sea. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The shoe-shine chair gleams in the low light, the faucets and fixtures all clean and polished. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z His rounded helm gleamed a sullen red, and a pale pink cloak streamed from his shoulders. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The dusk deepened, and the last gleams of the sunset were veiled in cloud. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The gleaming, golden eyes of a cat stared right at her in bed. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z For an instant the firelight gleamed in its eyes. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I see the gleam of a small train car, far away now but approaching fast. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A crystal chandelier hung over a gleaming mahogany table, around which were clustered a half-dozen Chippendale chairs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was tall and curvy, with a devious gleam in her eyes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Jesper scowled, but he couldn’t keep the hungry gleam from his eye. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Poverty was a gleaming thing; she could not conceive of poor people being vicious or nasty because their poverty had canonized them, and the greatest saints were the foreign poor. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He flashed her a grin, those sapphire eyes gleaming in the morning light. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In the naphtha lamplight there was a gleam of dark gold: it was a lock of hair, and the President was twisting it between his fingers, turning it this way and that. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But here and there he caught the gleam of spears and helmets; and over the levels beside the roads horsemen could be seen riding in many companies. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She was dressed from head to foot in black satin, and many magnificent opals gleamed at her throat and on her thick fingers. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His eyes gleamed when he said that and I liked being on the receiving end of that look. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The line was a marvelous thing to see: thousands of men and horses and the gleaming Napoleons, row on row, and miles of wagons and shells. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes gleam, the lips curl back from his white pointed teeth, and he frowns like an angry man. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Morales kind of had an odd gleam in her eye—maybe they’d piled it on a little thick? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He caught the strange gleam in Boromir’s eyes, yet his face was still kind and friendly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The bed was made up, I saw the gleam of white linen on the pillow-case, and the tip of a blanket beneath the quilted coverlet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She was dressed all in white, slicing berries in the gleaming white kitchen. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I thought of the person from the car, the gleaming white teeth, the close-cropped hair, and the way his voice went from sweet like honey to cold and dark within seconds. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Suddenly Cooke dropped the Chicago Daily Tribune and pulled a long knife from his pocket; his thumb pressed a button and a gleaming steel blade leaped out. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His teeth gleamed white in the moonlight The hair on his neck and along his back stood on end. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Freeway bridges curve in toward the city’s heart, the dense, gleaming skyscrapers. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A few days later a tall white man with a gleaming star on his chest and a gun on his hip came to the house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘In any other cave Gimli Glóin’s son would have been the first to run to the gleam of gold. But not here! Let it lie!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z On the first step of the stairwell, a golden chalice gleamed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Light gleamed from the elderly Negro’s head as he looked up to talk to the Negro woman. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His wooden cases gleam, their paper-lined trays heaped with pastries and breads and cakes. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z When she was done, he shook hfohead, and his hair spread out behind him like a river of darkness, oiled and gleaming. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It lay heavily in her hands, the crystal face gleaming, the golden body exquisitely machined. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Instead her eyes moved to the suit coat, to the gleaming hair, to the striped trousers, as she tried to figure out what had happened to him these past few months. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then he would disappear into the streets with his gleaming English Bulldog. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was black, and the rock gleamed as if it were wet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The bottle gleamed in the lamplight, a talisman. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Through the window I could see that night had completely fallen and that lights now gleamed in the streets. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Two eyes, round and bright, seemingly with no pupils, gleamed through the darkness of the confessional. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Now I can see outlines, gleams: from the mirror, the bases of the lamps, the vases, the sofa looming like a cloud at dusk. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The glass bridge rose before her in a gleaming arc, shimmering in the blue flames of the lanterns on its spires. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Thereupon she stood up and came towards him, her moist lips gleaming attractively in her young face. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The highly polished surface gleamed and glistened with a golden sheen. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In his eyes gleamed a light, keen and commanding. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Mother read about this in the Lockhart Post, and a gleam came into her eye, a gleam I didn’t like, a gleam that I knew had something to do with her only daughter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Her voice sounded flat and mean at the same time, the black gleam of a snake’s eyes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I pressed a button on Leopardon’s control panel, and my giant robot drew its gleaming sword. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Jonas could see them applauding dutifully as the Nines, one by one, wheeled their new bicycles, each with its gleaming name tag attached to the back, from the stage. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlain saw gleams in the woods to the south. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The gleam of her gold bracelet in the dark. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He found his way into the kitchen and tiptoed past a stretch of gleaming silver surfaces and an oversize fridge. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Her eyes were blue like Jason’s, but they gleamed with fractured light, like she’d just come out of a bunker after a nuclear war - hungrily searching for familiar details in a changed world. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And the second person looks at the first person with a gleam, a kind of can’t-believe-my-luck expression that promises all kinds of vengeance. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z With that Gandalf stood before him, robed in white, his beard now gleaming like pure snow in the twinkling of the leafy sunlight. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The guards were a young man and woman wearing sunglasses, smiles, and expensive suits, with well-polished shoes that gleamed in the morning sun. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Then he winked again, a gleam in his eye, at Helen. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The Kingsfield, in other words, falls way short of a place like Ruth’s centre in Dover, with its gleaming tiles and double-glazed windows that seal at the twist of a handle. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a woman riding on the horse’s bare back, wearing a long grey dress that hung and gleamed beneath the December moon like cobwebs in the dew. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The ballroom’s wooden floor gleamed under their feet. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Everything is gleaming and shivering from the drizzle. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The last thing I remember was the gleaming knife in my hand. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I stood at the front of the line, looking at the gleaming span of checkered tile between the PSF’s black boots and my mud-splattered toes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The third is feathered and covered in seed pearls that shift into various gleaming shades of white—cream and milk and lily and ivory and bone. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There were the golden domes, though fewer than he’d pictured, and they didn’t gleam. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There were seats enough for thirty, lavish and soft, and brass fixtures gleamed where the candlelight fell. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A squirrel had stripped the bark off a sapling at the foot of the meadow, leaving it gleaming white. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I made myself look down the side of the mountain at the gleaming rocks below. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Roads wound crazily up to the peak, where the largest palace gleamed against the snow. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z As he held up the staff to see what lay before him, he caught a dull gleam at the farthest edge of the circle of werelight: a wall of rain-wet wood. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But he saw that the bones of the eye-sockets, and the nose and jaw, showed through it, and gleamed. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z In the south, San Francisco gleamed all white and beautiful, but in the north, over Mount Tamalpais, huge storm clouds swirled. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It dug its slender claws into his sleeve while inspecting Meggie with its gleaming beady black eyes, and when it yawned it bared teeth as sharp as needles. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A garish, dazzling gold that gleamed and flashed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Nico pointed towards Long Island Sound, where the lights of a large yacht gleamed a quarter of a mile offshore. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His face and beard gleamed with water, and he turned down the sleeves of his blue shirt as he entered the kitchen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And there was life everywhere—zumming insects, squirrels scampering along boughs, birds twittering and hopping about, spider webs gleaming silver in the sun. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He wore a flamingo pink shirt, a navy blue suit, a camel overcoat with gleaming leather buttons. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The strange triangular eye was gleaming on his chest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It shone with gold and gleamed with ivory and sparkled with jewels. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I finger the thick toweled robes, read the labels on the amenities, pat the eiderdown quilts, inspect the well-stocked refrigerator, and step into the huge, empty, gleaming bathtub. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z No lights came from the village, but some gleamed in the manor house. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z For a few minutes the roof of the bus remains visible among the stunted trees, a tiny white gleam in a wild green sea, growing smaller and smaller, and then it’s gone. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The first thing that caught my gaze was the gleaming stretch of beach on the southern slope of the sandspit. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes gleamed dangerously behind his rimless glasses, and his muddy jowls were square and hard. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As she stepped into his path, he paused at the sight of her, his eyes gleaming with a hunger that made her want to cringe. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A length of twisted copper wire, gleaming dully in the first sunlight, was looped round his neck and ran taut across one forepaw to the head of a stout peg driven into the ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Alice’s eyes gleamed with approval as he put the stone in the box and closed it again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "Suddenly we were at the center of things," Anderson told me, gleaming at the memory of it, when I met him and Witzke in their offices on a dismal, rainy morning in June. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Under the moonlight the sand, in every direction and as far as they could see, gleamed as if it were smooth water or a great silver tray. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Feet away, towering above him, was a solid wall of spiders, clicking, their many eyes gleaming in their ugly black heads. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z With her white linen dress, her winter gloves, her sweet toothless smile, and the mischievous gleam in her hazel eyes, she looked exactly as she had when Alba was a child. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her blonde hair gleams in the sun, arranged into neat finger curls. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She looked at Pa sitting on the bench by the hearth, the fire-light gleaming on his brown hair and beard and glistening on the honey-brown fiddle. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Their foil tops gleamed and twinkled in the early evening light that sifted through the half-closed blinds. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I notice the strength in his arms and the signet ring gleaming on one long-fingered hand, carved with the symbol of the Greenbriar line. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The bleachers repaired themselves until they were gleaming white. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The year before, he and his wife and Monique had gone on a trip to Hong Kong, which struck him, mostly, as a pincushion of gleaming skyscrapers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Harry took out the rolled-up socks at the bottom of his trunk and extracted the tiny, gleaming bottle. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Above us, the night sky gleams like polished glass, its wealth of stars reflected in the oddly still surface of the water. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They stood with their batons hanging at their sides, their helmets gleaming in the lights of the parking lot. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z After about ten seconds of nothing but the sound of rubber on asphalt, Coach finally said, "You did good Saturday, kid," the silver of the baton gleaming in the sun. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Every time he shuts his eyes, some vision of the school at Schulpforta overmasters him: vermilion flags, muscular horses, gleaming laboratories. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In his right ear gleamed a garnet cut in the shape of a drop of blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But holding them there in his hand, in the hollow of his brown hard hand, he knew from the gleaming and the glittering in the half-dark room that he held wealth. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Now he scrambled from his seat and scurried from the room, leaving nothing behind him but a curious gleam of silver. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The gleaming steel instruments in the examination room looked like tools Terrance Randall might have ordered from the blacksmith for sinister purposes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z ‘Well, I have rather a rascally look, have I not?’ said Strider with a curl of his lip and a queer gleam in his eye. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “It seems done. There are no spare pieces about, and the interior is down to a gleaming finish.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z It was September when they sailed smartly into Boston Harbor, every man an old salt, the Astrea stripped of her chafing gear and gleaming with fresh paint and varnish. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything gleamed, reflecting the moon so strongly he needed no lights to land. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her head had fallen backward as though in hilarity, the angle opening the wound so that a section of windpipe gleamed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the soft naphtha light, something gleamed richly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Then she was hurtling through the air, her mouth open in a scream, canines gleaming white. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see anything but a little, pouty, sort of pretty face gleaming with perspiration. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The firelight gleamed in his eyes, or maybe it was his eyes that gave the fire its light. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Hazel could see nothing but the giant’s gleaming eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The walls and floors are lined with old-time gleaming wood, and the sound is amazing. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z In April a livelier iris gleamed upon the burnished dove. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He was doing his best to scowl, but his eyes gleamed as if maybe, just maybe, he was happy to see them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The air was gleaming and sunlit, but hazy; and they could not see to any great distance. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She beat Lyddie to work in the mornings and had two of the machines oiled and gleaming before Lyddie even entered the room. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Two vaccination marks on his arm gleamed like coins. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z King lifts his cigar to his lips, eyes gleaming. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Blood gleamed as it trickled from his nose. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The sky was quite clear now and the sea gleamed in the sunlight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The Pigman started getting a little bit of the old gleam back. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z It’s big enough to be a ballroom, with gleaming floors and rows of numbered PO boxes and actual sculptures, like a museum. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Good steel it was, with a wicked gleam to both blades; Ebben was never a man to neglect his weapons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Even in the low light, I can see an unholy gleam in the sheriff’s eyes. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He glows sapphire when he sits over his workbench in the evenings, humming almost inaudibly as he works, the tip of his cigarette gleaming a prismatic blue. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When blacks got close up on it, the gleam of full citizenship failed to shine as brightly as they had hoped. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He rubbed and polished this beauty until it gleamed like a piece of ancient armor. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Below us, Wazir Akbar Khan’s white- walled, flat-topped houses gleamed in the sunshine, the laundry hanging on clotheslines in their yards stirred by the breeze to dance like butterflies. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The words were polite enough, but Denzo’s tone was edged with malice, and the eyes of the warrior poet gleamed bright with mockery. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The flames cast her shadow on the Wall behind her, and her ruby gleamed against the paleness of her throat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In front of me was a shiny clean horse stable, a field of wet salty mud, and fifty horses that had been scoured so thoroughly their coats gleamed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Other fairies joined her, using gleaming swords to sever the black material. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z We proceeded down a hall I remembered being almost impassably clogged with broken furniture, past the staircase, now gleaming with varnish, curious faces peeking at me through the banisters, through the dining room. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The night was dark with occasional gleams of moonlight between the rents of the heavy clouds that scudded across the sky. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z In the photograph Papa looked confident, and his eyes were gleaming here also. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A gleam of sun through fleeting clouds fell on his hands, which lay now upturned on his lap: they seemed to be filled with light as a cup is with water. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He thrust his hands forward, and the bits of metal flew from his uniform, a gleaming cloud that hung in the air for the briefest second then shot toward the Tidemakers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His lips pulled back, revealing his gleaming white teeth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Before I could answer, Daisy came out of the house and two rows of brass buttons on her dress gleamed in the sunlight. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z And then Second Wife walked toward me, smiling, her fur coat gleaming with every step. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As we left the moon, we curved around its right side, and we could see it gleaming in the sunlight, vividly etched against the black sky in gray- tan tones. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They ascended the wall to meet a circular, person-sized door in the ceiling, through which shone a single gleam of light. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The gutting knife gleamed bright in the high sun. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The bronze sword expanded, gleaming in the darkness, and the evil voice seemed to falter, just for a moment, before resuming its chant. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Then he stopped, for he had caught the gleam of swords. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z There was drama here, I can tell them—thousands upon thousands of us crossing the Rappahannock with banners flying, drums rolling, and our instruments of death gleaming in the sunlight. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The room darkened until all I could make out of Yakov’s face was the terrified gleam of his eyes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A tall hat of fetal lamb balanced like a wasp’s nest on Grigori’s head, shadowing eyes as hard and gray as mica, with the same shallow gleam. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As I wandered across the lawn to the terrace my eye was caught by a gleam of sunshine on something metal showing through the green of the rhododendron leaves at the turn in the drive. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the eyes gleaming back at me from the screen. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z As he was so tall, his bald head all but gleaming, it was easy to follow him as he moved along the main street. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Then Archer appeared in the doorway, sweat gleaming at the edges of his face, his hair and clothing damp, and Sefia smiled—a real smile. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Then he looked eastward and saw all the land of Lórien running down to the pale gleam of Anduin, the Great River. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The crown gleams in his gnarled hands, glowing as if sunlight emanated from the metal itself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I pick up my palest-yellow pencil and add a dot to my drawing, gleaming in a window. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It stood an impressive twenty-seven meters tall, its conical body gleaming in the midday sun. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The silence, the gleaming white tiles, the creepy smile on Hygeia’s face ... it all made him want to crawl out of his skin. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He examined the gleaming leather with satisfaction, removing a scrap of charred paper from the toe of one boot. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He was wearing his coat, although the day was so hot that perspiration stood out in gleaming little beads on his forehead. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Behind her, Locke is looking at me with an odd gleam in his eyes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This with a provocative glance, and a gleam of teeth. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The shopwindows were alight, filled with displays of gleaming silver or leather goods. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z His hair and beard and mustache were dark red too, and his eyes gleamed startlingly blue against his coloring. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They stood, alarmed that something had slipped past their guard, and saw a gleam of light from the camping place; not firelight, though, nothing remotely like firelight. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His striped postman’s backside gleamed in the moonlight. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And then a queer, metallic sound, and she was on the ground with an unfelt thump, and a gleaming arm was heavy across her body. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The upward bluish gleam gave everything around the pool a colorless, moonlit look, like a photograph. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She was quiet for a moment, thinking, Jesse decided, about her former school, which he saw as bright and new with a gleaming gymnasium larger than the one at the consolidated high school. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Here the doves soared up to a tree through whose foliage came a bright yellow gleam. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She comes up to me under a streetlamp and I see her eyes, large and gleaming with wet, and her hair dusted with sleet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There had to be at least thirty massive sculptures of running, leaping beasts, their flanks gleaming slickly in the silvery light, jaws open, their slowly melting muzzles dripping occasionally onto the crowd below. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Francie pretended to be glad but shuddered as she put the gleaming scraps away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon, we could see the little matchbox houses of the Cape Flats, the gleaming towers of downtown, and the horizontal top of Table Mountain. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun, as it rose, tinged the quick-silver of the creeks and the gleaming slime itself with flame. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry could see a strip of gleaming yellow beneath its wrinkled black eyelid. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Displayed atop its stand, the blade shone in the moonlight—the metal still gleaming after a thousand years. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Gideon sits up, and a pistol gleams in the low light, the business end pointed right at me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Nita gleamed with gold and silver, gifts of goodwill that Lucky Strike had miraculously located in order to curry favor with the Dauntless. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z As I did, two beautiful cups gleamed from the mantel. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The gleaming roof caught and threw back the light of the sun. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The bubbles gleamed, slivering the sun like prisms. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z But just as she began to turn away, she saw something gleaming on the windowsill: In the spaces where the paint had cracked, gold dust glittered. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There on the other side of the river, dreams barely flicker, like the last gleaming of the day’s sun. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Again a whitish object gleamed before me: it was a gate—a wicket; it moved on its hinges as I touched it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z His blue over-tunic was long, quilted, and dark, with yellow clasps that gleamed in the torch- light. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Jason noticed that the other gods stayed well away from the Fates and their gleaming brass clubs. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Not feeling well?” he said, showing his white, gleaming teeth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The wind stirred the wolverine trim on hood and the owl turned his gleaming eyes upon her. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes gleamed hard again, pregnant with another idea. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When the last tuft was in place they sat on the fragrant springy cushion and rested, looking out over the sunny meadow toward the gleaming band of the river. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z And now, I’m standing so close to the glass, I can almost see myself in its reflection: the faint curve of my cheek, the straight line of my nose, the dark gleam of my eyes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He lit Daisy's cigarette from a trembling match, and sat down with her on a couch far across the room where there was no light save what the gleaming floor bounced in from the hall. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Flashes of steam showed intermittently on the wide horizon, gleaming translucently in the winter sun. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ch’i-lin, for instance, out of ancient China, has the body of a deer covered with gleaming scales, a marvelous bushy tail, cloven hooves, and small horns. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Longstreet cleared the brain, blew away bloody images, the brilliant fence in the bright gleaming air of the afternoon, tried to catalogue the dead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But to the fields of the Pelennor, under the shadow of Mindolluin, there came no gleam: they were brown and drear. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In his hand still Andúril gleamed, and the terror of the sword for a while held back the enemy, as one by one all who could gain the stair passed up towards the gate. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Now everybody was inside, the drawbridge was permanently up, and Glatisant lay in the moonlight at the foot of the tower, her head gleaming like silver. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Even his spectacles seemed to wear an ironical gleam. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z More instruments, certainly, than he really needed and all positioned so that Julia could not help but see them and be sickened by their hard, eager gleam. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They have grumbling lions with gleaming teeth and a snaking line of elephants, each clutching the limp tail in front of her. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z She had a devilish gleam in her eye. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Sunlight gleamed on their helmets and cheekguards and Hashed off their spearpoints, blinding. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Two huge gray fish with fins of silver surfaced for just a moment, their backs gleaming in the sunlight. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A gleaming haptic chair was suspended on a jointed hydraulic arm attached to the ceiling. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Ritu auntie looked at her with an expectant gleam in her eyes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A stray rock kicks out from Dr. Martin’s tire and tings Frank’s gleaming white beast of a truck. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Then her hands flicked open the metal fastenings on her black bag and began plucking out clear bottles of liquid, bandages, gleaming silver scissors, forceps, curved needles, and thread. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Jackson introduced them by alluding to their goal of making atom bombs cleaner, reporting “the gleam in the scientists’ eye of making them almost like Ivory Soap”—then adding wryly: “but not quite.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His centurion’s badge and Mural Crown gleamed on his winter jacket. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As they stood upon the hillside, ready to depart, a pale sunlight gleamed over the mountain-tops. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They turned south, away from that troubling other-world gleam in the fog, and as they flew a question began to form more clearly in Serafina’s mind. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw her, spun, and suddenly an axe came flying from his hand, die blade gleaming as it tumbled end over end through the torch-light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I slung a now-unconscious Belet over my shoulder—she seemed too light—and with Kasusu in my hand, ran around to the rear, finding Ishtar's gleaming black Jaguar parked in the alley. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The wet grass glittered and nearby a nut tree sparkled iridescent, winking and gleaming as its branches moved in the light wind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But Harry continued to stare at the front cover of the book; it showed a black dog large as a bear, with gleaming eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He may have seen reflections of light in the pepper, as if light was gleaming through crystals. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re happy here. Oscar got a good job in engineering, which he loves, and he’s earning more than he did in Cuba,” Gladys replies, stroking the gleaming diamond ring on her finger. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Fresher, and far more ominous, a whole series of victory scars gleamed on his chest, showing all the men he’d broken when he’d been a ring fighter. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Nyame blew gently on the Story Box, and, like an artist removing shavings from a sculpture, revealed his gleaming masterpiece. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The marquee lights melted on the wet pavement in long white gleams. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They passed over the walkway and down a long rocky corridor, where stalactites hung gleaming with strange colors and where the pounding and grinding and hammering gradually faded. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In the shower’s obscurity, all I could see was a black shadow and gleaming white teeth. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z No light crew marks gleamed in the darkness, no evidence of any other duct-and-scuttle workers marred the dust and rat droppings of the passage. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The sickle Moon was gleaming dimly among the leaves. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Hair sparkling, skin gleaming, uniform drenched with rain, Kwasi takes one last look at Sonia, then disappears behind the closed doors. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z All around me tall sycamores gleamed like white streamers in the moonlight. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He puts a hand on his belt, and I see the gleam of his gun’s handle. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I never knew they were so close, but I can see it now, in the gleam of tears in her eyes and the trembling of her fingers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Tyrion took one look and sighed, remembering the gleaming racks of swords and spears and halberds in the armory of the Lannisters below easterly Rock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She took in the gleaming tower of an office building, the blue sky reflected off its sides. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The undersides held a stickier yellow glow, and here and there a gleaming edge was picked out in nacreous brown, and the occasional filigree lacework that blossomed around a ruptured skin. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He went on past street lamps covered with thick coatings of snow, gleaming like huge frosted moons above his head. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A long sword hung from his belt, sharp edges gleaming in the sunlight. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “The Dark Lord is ... I believe...mistaken,” Bella panted, and her eyes gleamed momentarily under her hood as she looked around to check that they were indeed alone. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z On the Cittàgazze side, they were in a grassy park surrounding a classical villa that gleamed white in the moonlight. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When they caught the sunlight, they gleamed like two golden coins. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They rose upward in circles, higher and higher, until at last, slightly dizzy, Harry saw a gleaming oak door ahead, with a brass knocker in the shape of a griffin. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Twenty-three gleaming black carriages stood in the yellow mud of Michigan Avenue in front of the Lexington Hotel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There was a gleam of rubbed wood and burnished pewter. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She had the counters polished like mirrors, and the new wall tiles gleamed. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When Beowulf opened his eyes again there was a gleam of light below him. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The curtains were drawn, but the daylight gleam around their edges was strong, and for all her spinning sensations of tiredness, she could not sleep. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was white and gleaming, and the pride of Ravenskill, a town that took sports and competition very, very seriously. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Her father says their weapons gleam as if they have never been fired. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Penelope noted the horses’ gleaming coats with approval. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Presently the chambers gave up their fair tenants one after another: each came out gaily and airily, with dress that gleamed lustrous through the dusk. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The instruments gleam in the bright light like marvelous animals. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Bright with banners, obsidian blades gleaming in the sun, the army advanced on the long-term enemy it had routed so many times before—and was utterly defeated. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The pilot himself escorted her up the steps into the gleaming cabin and showed her how to fasten her seat belt. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A blond secretary sits at a gleaming wooden desk. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z His eyes had a wide-open look of astonishment and his waxy skin gleamed in the electric light. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z All he could see was the gun’s huge barrel, black and gleaming, as it moved toward his face. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Shaking my hair from my eyes, I lifted my head and tried to look boldly round the dark room; at this moment a light gleamed on the wall. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The falling showers gleamed like silver, and far away the river glittered like a shimmering glass. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The taillights gleamed redly for a moment and then winked out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was a cluster of men, all smoking pipes, gathered around an exhibit in a glass case that gleamed in the dim light and lit their faces ghoulishly from below. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z As he said this, he caught or fancied he caught a green gleam in Gollum’s eye. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The thing Frank had tripped on was gleaming silver. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Their eyes were gleaming with hope and excitement And all through the canteen the message was being passed around. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z A gleaming silver-and-black chest sat on a pillow of black satin. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It appeared to be a huge boar, with bristles of gleaming gold. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I uncapped Riptide, and the sword grew to full length in my hands, its bronze blade gleaming in the dark. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Today the altar was lovely with banked scarlet poinsettias and fir boughs with the golden points of lighted slender white candles gleaming among the leaves. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the face that haunted him most; surrounded by a nimbus of fire, hair blazing like straw, the dead flesh melting away and sloughing off its skull to reveal the gleam of bone beneath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I am an elegant fellow in her pictures, with my silver back gleaming like moon on moss. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The gray linoleum floor gleamed, the refrigerator shone, the windows, looking over a tiny yard, were polished. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, through the window, they saw rain gleaming on the sides of the rocket which had brought them from Earth. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Little Rabbit saw the terrible gleam of their terrible eyes through the forest darkness. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They stitched uneasily, the needles faring through the dark material with a long gleam Hke falling stars. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His surgical kits stood open and gleaming, his instruments laid out in a sunflower of polished steel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Soon they were speeding along the lake front, past a huge flat sheet of dully gleaming water. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z His eyes began to gleam and Dicey knew that he would pick information from the woman’s brain as long as she would answer his questions. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z All their arms were out, their hands prominently displayed, their rings gleaming in the sunlight. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The fourth side was clear, revealing a gleaming space of polished floor. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The head was worn and dented, but John kept it polished, and it gleamed in the warm sunshine. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Graceful and gleaming, the lynx landed lightly in the middle of the astonished dancers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It was there I saw a woman riding sidesaddle astride a great black palfrey whose saddle and harness were trimmed with gleaming silver. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Through a skein of fog, the sun gleamed as hard and silver as a freshly minted leu. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, we were sitting at a booth in a gleaming chrome diner. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The third man wore something on his head that looked more like a dead possum than a wig, but his coat was crisp and new and the buckles on his shoes gleamed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the tall living room windows, the Inner Harbor spread out below, water gleaming and lights twinkling. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His skin was much paler than the other two men’s, almost sallow, and a crop of tiny sweat beads gleamed on his forehead just below the edge of his black turban. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There are buildings tall tall with mirror sides that gleam with sun. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z In our room, Gary demonstrated a technique for polishing his gleaming dress shoes, the same pair he had worn in the Air Force many years before. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To his dismay the edges gleamed dimly in the night. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Just short of the finish line, a gleaming white 250-foot coast guard cutter, the Champlain, was tied up in the shadow of an imposing grim, gray U.S. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The lights in the hallway made her black button eyes glitter and gleam. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Ana returned from the City that evening with a gleam in her eye; she even seemed to forget that she was angry with Ash. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor gleamed with polish that made Matt feel like he was walking on water. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z New, at her time of life, it simply gleamed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His pale, oily face gleamed and bobbed in front of her eyes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Mama is wiping the counters down with a rag, even though they are already gleaming. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Below the steps the trolley rails gleamed steely. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The constable ran his fingers down the gleaming barrel of the shotgun. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He put down the gleaming chisel and picked up his carving. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He looked around and saw the gleaming kitchen and the table set for two and detected the scent of the nest. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Large puddles of standing water gleam as the light of day hits them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then beyond the gleam of the beach and the bare rocks and reefs, more than a league beyond them, I saw a great white crest moving down upon the island. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she’ll be safe, he thought, and a second later he saw the pale gleam of the window deep behind the bushes. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The conch was silent, a gleaming tusk; Ralph's face was dark with breathlessness and the air over the island was full of bird-clamor and echoes ringing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z As the sun climbed, its gleam raced upriver like a lit fuse, seeming to carry daylight with it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When he reached the other side he emerged gleaming and pulled himself ashore, black as the night that surrounded him, black as the water he had crossed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw the gleaming metal of the gold cup in his hand. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Um . . By the time I looked up, the sign was already fading, but I could still make out the hologram of green light, spinning and gleaming. A three-tipped spear: a trident. “Your father,” Annabeth murmured. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He smiled an easy smile, exposing a flash of gleaming white teeth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Down below, the hull of the Argo II gleamed as it floated over the forum, like some massive bronze party balloon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The man had on a pair of gleaming yellow shoes and his feet were propped upon the desk. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead he was just another repeat offender in the middle of the desert, in the middle of nowhere, behind rows of razor wire that glinted and gleamed in the sun like jagged teeth. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z White sheets of water, knocked high in the moonlight by his churning feet, gleamed like thousands of tiny white stars. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind them, a giant cylindrical boulder was gleaming as brightly as the towers in the valley. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The yellow clapboard walls of the large house, with its encircling veranda, gleamed in the sun, but no people strolled on the green dome of the lawn. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I saw the gleam in Buffo’s eyes as he came clumping after her, spewing flecks of mint, his massive belly bouncing. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z As we move through this ferry with its gleaming floor tiles and its vinyl booths and bolted-down seats, emotions rise up within me, competing for my attention. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A twisted thing it was, six feet long from end to end, gleaming black and banded with red gold and dark Valyrian steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His eyes gleamed red and his ears lay flat back on his skull. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Jason turned to her with a hopeful gleam in his eyes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z No puddles gleam in the gravel, no fire brigade swarms out front. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His belt buckle gleamed and he bent to peer into the car, a dark face with very white teeth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Seven seemed to be made of solid gold, which gleamed so much in the sunlight it was almost impossible to look at. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Their captors displayed them to the cheering horde of monsters, then turned to face King Porphyrion, who sat in his makeshift throne, his white eyes gleaming with malice. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Dirt was in the baseboard that John scrubbed every Saturday, and roughened the cupboard shelves that held the cracked and gleaming dishes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Fadi took in the desolate junction, trying to imagine bustling streets, shops overflowing with stacks of gleaming paper, customers haggling over prices. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The mischievous gleam in Kaede’s eyes when she saw something funny; the way her eyebrows arched in exaggerated reaction to Con’s jokes; the shape of her lips, and the warm, firm texture of them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I took hold of the soft gleaming curls with trembling fingers, laughing under my breath, looking up at Clarice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Patches of my former self gleam white and pale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There’s a line of glorious Percherons behind the big top, every one of them gleaming white. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Sunlight gleamed against the honey-house window, flickering now and then with a shifting cloud. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t expect much from the process, so she was startled when, in December 2005, an eighteen-wheeler pulled up in front of their apartment with a gleaming white trailer in tow. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z At her throat, her ruby gleamed, a third eye glowing brighter than the others. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But it was beginning to tilt and wobble, its gleaming faces oblong and unsteady. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The lamplight sets a gleam on his wet lips. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z White, almost gleaming, and certainly ornate, the steeple seems to project from its top into the sky. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It gleamed in the starlight like polished abalone. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Dany loved the way his gold tooth gleamed when he grinned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My mother's eyes gleamed with excitement, but she still gave Dad a grave look. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It was gleaming brass against the green velvet, an alto sax. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They had autumn peaches picked from the trees and sliced in golden cream, mounds of wild honey, and apples that Nancy’s little boys had polished until they gleamed rosily against the white cloth. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Torchlight gleamed off the steel claws that jutted from their gauntlets. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The surface of the water gleamed with silver light, and it was impossible to see underneath. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Directly below the ship, nestled at the edge of the lake, the city of New Rome gleamed in the sunlight. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She was stuck looking behind them, far back into the Gnarled Forest where a pair of gleaming red lenses flared ten feet above the forest floor. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She turned to Jason, and Annabeth thought there was a hungry sort of gleam in her eyes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His eyes were still sad, as they had always been, but there was a gleam of hope for the future in them and he could rest nights. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes gave their wider, magical gleam and his voice continued on a more compelling level, “Although I have to admit I didn’t think of that when I put it on this morning.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind them, on a horse, was a dark man, his nose covered with a blanket, and across his saddle a rifle gleamed in the sun. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z A black jaguar with gleaming eyes paced in the corner. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Deep shiny gashes gleamed all over the knight's armor, on his right thigh, his beaked visor, crossing on his breastplate, a long one along the front of his gorget. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the night games, beneath the arc of lights, in his last year of Little League, Ben’s new spikes gleamed like teeth as he walked toward Dave Murphy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z By the twenty-ninth day, Liyana’s papers had proper headings, and her navy blue uniform had lost its bright gleam, its sharp pleat. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z For they were evergreen trees, and their leaves were dark and polished, and gleamed in the twilight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The curtains were not drawn and the pane of the open casement reflected a gleam of sun which she could lose and find by moving her head on the pillow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The statue of the preening lion no longer gleams. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Once more, for a second, clear water gleamed within it, but as he approached Dumbledore’s mouth, the water vanished again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The edge of a brilliant red sun was now gleaming through the trees. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She only saw the haunted gleam in his eyes before she threw her arms around his neck and held him tightly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He drew his sword and showed it to her; a longsword adroitly shrunken to suit a boy of twelve, gleaming blue steel, castle-forged and double-edged, with a leather grip and a lion's-head pommel in gold. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Persian rugs on the stretches of gleaming marble floor would shrink. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I saw the giant bend and clutch the posts at the top of the stairs with both hands, bracing himself, his body gleaming bare in his white shorts. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked like soft marbles, pink shooters striated with red, inside of which an orange/yellow liquid gleamed and threatened to ooze out if the outer membrane broke. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Then the man himself appears, seated at his desk, a flag draped behind him, the fresh white rose gleaming in his lapel. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Fadi could see the gleam of her teeth in the moonlight. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The clock struck ten, loudly, and before the sound of the last stroke had died away Stuart saw two gleaming yellow eyes peering out from behind the sofa. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z It’s kind of chewy, unless you toast it—which I did, using the gleaming, deluxe toaster oven Mamou kept on the counter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He could make out Cutie’s large, gleaming figure at the Martian L-tube, watching closely as the team of robots worked in close-knit unison. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I watched his back receding down the long, gleaming hall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The great insect landed at once, its red and yellow gleaming like enamel, and its filmy wings stiff and still on either side. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The sand is dark and smooth and wet, gleaming like sealskin as the water pulls back. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Robbie Ray was already sitting on the top step, his gold chain gleaming in the sun, the blowing leaves slapping him in the face, driving him crazy. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His teeth were bared and gleaming in the morning light. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z A gleaming gold coin hung from a tarnished chain around his neck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z So numerous were the fish, and so driven, that when mischievous boys walled off the stream with stones the alewives would leap the barrier—silver bodies gleaming in the sun— and proceed upstream. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The water between him and the other side was very turbulent, but in the gleaming moonlight, the grove of birches, his destination, was visible. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The stallion lowered his head, flesh quivering on his massive, gleaming neck. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I catch the gleam of sunlight on his sword and do as Peeta says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Come on,” she said, with a soft, patient gleam in her eyes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Woolf called his bluff and volunteered his gleaming new Cord roadster for the job. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When I’d recovered a little, I looked up to see another gleam ahead of me—not a reflection of my phone, but a weak glimmer of daylight. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She could still feel the water in her palm like a tiny gleaming star. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The gleaming hook on its end is almost beautiful, like a sliver of moon. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z They wore masks of dully gleaming gray chain mail over their faces, their features obscured by the mesh. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A plate that gleamed at visitors and invited comment. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun gleamed on his white hair, the dark ridge along the brow line where the hat had pressed the hair down. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He stretches out, clasps his hands behind his head, elbows wide, and crosses his gleaming black jackboots at the ankles, saying, "The Führer this, and the Führer that." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z He caught the hilt of his sword in midair, its sheath sliding away, its blade gleaming. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Only for an instant did she glance at Dorian, whose sapphire eyes gleamed with what she could have sworn was sadness before he smiled at her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It makes every strand of her thick, dark hair gleam orange like it’s on fire. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Celia looks from the twins back in the direction of the courtyard, where the light from the bonfire gleams along the edges of the tents, casting dancing shadows of patrons across the striped fabric. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And a bit farther along, at the end of the row of cottages, a black spot on the ground where a fire had been, some bones in the ash, some feathers, the gleam of grease. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The torchlight gleamed on its mirrorlike surface and picked out the many locks and bolts. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It was as pristine and gleaming as the day she received it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Their faces gleamed with oil, and the chilies brought tears to their eyes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Southampton’s barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The bed was made, most of the surfaces gleamed with a fresh coat of lemon oil, and a bucket and mop were propped up in the corner. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She slowly sharpened the stick until the point gleamed in the moonlight. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He smelled fresh and clean from washing and his curly-blond hair gleamed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything—the walls, the floor—has been done in gleaming white tiles, which the centre keeps so clean when you first go in it’s almost like entering a hall of mirrors. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z To the south, across Vancouver Harbor, the downtown skyline gleamed red in the sunset. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Wine gleamed red in her goblet, blood gleamed red in her eyes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The flying rain had ceased for a time, and the sun gleamed up above; but all the lower city was still wrapped in a smouldering reek. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Behind the three lovely ladies sat Cool Papa Byrd’s shipmates from the navy, their gold buttons gleaming against their dark-blue jackets. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Piggy came with it, in shorts and shirt, laboring cautiously out of the forest with the evening sunlight gleaming from his glasses. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The knife is still gleaming, still catching and throwing light. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The fluffy flakes had fallen and fallen for hours, so the whole campus was blanketed in a thick, gleaming whiteness. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z A tiny gleam catches the corner of my eyes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The sign outside on the doorway, framed by the old spiked gateway, is just a gleaming brass plate that says C. R A. Beekman Extension. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I saw ripe bilberries gleaming here and there, like jet beads in the heath: I gathered a handful and ate them with the bread. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Decca’s eyes gleam like the eyes of a small, rabid animal. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The heavy wooden front doors gleam under the entrance light. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z All the fairies gleamed brilliantly, outshining the flowers of the garden like the sun outshines the moon. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She pretended to be grumpy about the five dollars Gilly gave her, but there was a greedy gleam in her eyes. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The gaslight gleamed off the bartender’s slicked-back hair and glowed in his eyes like twin moons. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A maid came by to tip a golden jug over their fingers into a silver bowl and draw a gleaming table up beside them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Away below them they could see the Road sweeping round the feet of the hills; and to their right a grey river gleamed pale in the thin sunshine. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z For a second the hobbits had a vision, both comical and alarming, of his bright blue eye gleaming through a circle of gold. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Since the crow did not object, Taran gently stirred the feathers around its neck and ran a finger under the bird’s sharp and gleaming beak. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z A trailing plant with flowers like small white stars had bound itself across the brows as if in reverence for the fallen king, and in the crevices of his stony hair yellow stonecrop gleamed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He cleared his throat, his eyes gleaming and his voice taking on a deep, incantatory quality, as though he had told the story many, many times. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His warm complexion had blanched to an ashy pallor, beads of sweat gleaming on his brow and cheeks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The Ring gleamed and flickered as he held it up before them in his trembling hand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z His eyes gleamed with cleverness and spirit and energy and his teeth flashed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There is one slim little brunette, her teeth gleam when she laughs. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He was beautiful in his tiny ferocity and seemed happiest when flaming, his ruby eyes gleaming evilly. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In the darkness I can see a gleam of light, to the side. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Even in the pale early-morning sunlight, the white alabaster of its front gleamed painfully in her eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The moped’s green paint gleamed and the flames’ gold accents sparkled with splashes of sunshine. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Cooksey’s new tank compiled everything the lab had learned about how to build a cyclotron into a rugged, gleaming, machined tank with glass insulators and arrangements for air and water cooling. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The sword gleamed silvery grey in the dawn light, almost new. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the Aztecs had no illusions about the Spaniards, whom they described in these words: They seized upon the gold as if they were monkeys, their faces gleaming. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood a moment before the gleaming cracks. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z On a chain at his throat gleamed a sun-shaped disk of gold. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Yes, of course,” said Slughorn, his eyes now gleaming with enthusiasm. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Every button of her ebony shirt gleams with the shimmer of a serpent’s eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Sure enough, a couple of brown bears were lumbering in the meadow a few hundred feet away, their coats gleaming in the starlight. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was a mountain of gleaming metal that towered high above the children and their parents. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Marita doesn’t need a brand-new school with acres of playing fields and gleaming facilities. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Fear grips me as I notice the silver machete in its hand, gleaming sinisterly in the moonlight. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigger rose and sent the balls whirling with a sweep of his hand, then looked straight at Gus as the gleaming balls kissed and rebounded from the rubber cushions, zig-zagging across the table’s green cloth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes gleam brightly, without the usual cloudiness of her tears. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z A man in a black mask, the metallic gleam of a gun—I threw my covers off of me and kicked my leg out, sending the attacker stumbling back. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z This time, too, there was no small, endearingly innocent pulse of excitement, that keen and eager frisson that comes with venturing into the unknown with gleaming, untried equipment. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Bigger’s hand moved so swiftly that nobody saw it; a gleaming blade flashed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I was on the point of risking Mr. Rochester’s displeasure by disobeying his orders, when the light once more gleamed dimly on the gallery wall, and I heard his unshod feet tread the matting. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Ron raised the sword still higher, and as he did so, Riddle’s eyes gleamed scarlet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Harry thought he saw a red gleam in his dark eyes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The land dripped with richness, the fat cows and pigs gleaming against green, and, in the smaller holdings, corn standing in little tents as corn should, and pumpkins all about. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Chaol's brown eyes gleamed, but before Dorian could debate it, his friend switched the subject with brutal aim. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Cars waxed and gleaming, plastic pennant flags criss-crossed over the lots. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He tapped the new officer’s badge that gleamed on her shirt. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A crown of steel he bore, but between rim and robe naught was there to see, save only a deadly gleam of eyes: the Lord of the Nazgûl. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The iron gateway blazed its five stars above the gleaming T. As we passed, our young soldier passenger saluted, though no guards were in sight. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly Sam heard a hiss behind him, and there was Gollum on all fours, peering at them with gleaming eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In the comer, on the gateleg table, the glass paperweight which he had bought on his last visit gleamed softly out of the half-darkness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z At first the globe was dark, black as jet, with the moonlight gleaming on its surface. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I thought of my own lank hair covered by the sleek and gleaming curls. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Her mother’s black hair was bound severely into a gleaming knot pinned to the back of her head. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She could see the true color of Matthias’ eyes, pure blue beneath the flecks of gray and brown she’d put there, the moonlight gleaming off every hair on his head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She saw the gleam through the green, she could not resist it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At a stroke, the village hosting the Westerners would gleam with wealth; its neighbors would seek a share of the undeserved bounty; conflict would explode. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Glittery stars gleam on the parchment, holding the promise of excitement. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Slughorn turned paler than ever; his shiny forehead gleamed with sweat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “For how long?” mocked the profane old man with a gleam of malicious elation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Even their faces looked the same, somehow ... which was passing strange, since one had skin as dark as ebony, while the second was as pale as milk, and the third gleamed like burnished copper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I try to catch some of the gleams on broken glass. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The car arrived—a gleaming, metallic, grossly American blue—and Elijah and I shook hands and said good night once more. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z In the side mittam, by the separate “Men’s Needs” entrance, the chrome tailfins of the old Plymouth gleamed momentarily in the lightning. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A gleam of firelight came from the open doors, and soft lights were glowing in many windows. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z My eyes were fixated on his lips, the white teeth gleaming behind them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It appeared that Vaseline had also been applied to the moustache, for it gleamed very brightly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Cal’s eyes had a new interest, a gleaming interest that was close to triumph. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Dog-headed men prowled in packs, their poleaxes gleaming in the light of campfires. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The walls gleamed with guns, assault rifles, grenades . . . things they’d only seen in blockbuster summer movies. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I also saw airfields dotting the surface, where rows of gleaming gunships, spacecraft, and mechanized battle tanks stood waiting for action. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The bright gold gleam of a tracker jacker lazily making its way across the papery gray surface. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Finn pulled a gun from his jacket and admired its gleam. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z His hair was thick and dark, and where it gleamed in the glavelight the glints were warm reds, not cool blues. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z On the stove is an empty, gleaming stainless-steel stockpot so large that it covers two burners. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The asphalt in the parking lot is dark and gleaming, its white paint strips faded almost to the point of nonexistence. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The most famous mosque of Jerusalem, the Dome of the Rock, gleamed golden against the sky. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Over it, in a gleaming chromium frame, was a big square of parchment—a poem. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I squint against the sun and peer between the guards to see David grinning madly and waving, sweat gleaming across his brown skin. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z But in the morning, as Faramir came from the Houses, he saw her, as she stood upon the walls; and she was clad all in white, and gleamed in the sun. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They cut him down and he died; the blood flowed on the walk in a pool, gleamed a while, and, after awhile, became dull then dusty, then dried. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes had been outlined in silver paint, and the color trailed down her cheeks in wondrous curls of gleaming light. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat at tables spread with crisp white linen tablecloths and gleaming silverware and crystal stemware and platters heaped with hot food. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The moon had set already, and the darkness was profound; not a torch flickered anywhere, not a gleam of lamplight shone from any house. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Curtain’s face, though pale and drawn, quite gleamed with exultation. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z |
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