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glimmer

[glim-er]

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noun

a faint or unsteady light; gleam.

a dim perception; inkling.

verb (used without object)

to shine faintly or unsteadily; twinkle, shimmer, or flicker.

to appear faintly or dimly.

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English glimeren to gleam; cognate with German glimmern; compare Old English gleomu splendor

Synonyms
1. See gleam.

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Example Sentences

But that glimmer proves to be gold plate rather than a motherlode.

But those who discern an opening for a more hopeful future, even a glimmer of outright resolution, have always been proved wrong.

Astronomers spotted a faint glimmer of infrared light from.

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But that glimmer proves to be gold plate rather than a motherlode.

But those who discern an opening for a more hopeful future, even a glimmer of outright resolution, have always been proved wrong.

Astronomers spotted a faint glimmer of infrared light from.

Most of the life on this planet gets by without even a glimmer of it.

On a deep-sea vessel, scientists dropped traps and nets to obtain a glimmer of the life that exists in the shadowy depths.

Though the results are preliminary, they offer a glimmer of hope to millions of people left brain-damaged or crippled by strokes.

The persistent recession keeps a group of small-business owners worried, but with a glimmer of optimism.

For news outlets facing dwindling print circulations and meagre online advertising rates, this is a glimmer of hope.

Plus, the ferry ride offers a glimmer of urban respite for city-weary visitors and residents.

But there is a glimmer of hope for the hair-challenged among.

To even get a glimmer of the mirror effect in life is beyond normal comprehension.

So while the spirits of arthritic patients drop with the temperature, the pig offers a glimmer of hope.

Low-budget horror films occasionally show the faintest glimmer of talent and are praised out of all proportion to their merits.

Faint though it is, there is a glimmer of hope in financial markets:.

The last glimmer of sun embraces her as storm clouds roll in.

Forever looking for a glimmer of difference that can be interpreted as bias.

The glimmer of utility on the horizon are things called quantum dots.

Then, literally a second later, that glimmer of excitement.

Even the delay gave foreign and local white business people a glimmer of hope that they could go on running their own shows.

And yet, despite setbacks and constant self-vigilance, both could finally begin to see the glimmer of another possibility.

But now there's a glimmer of hope for the critically endangered birds.

The plush richness of velvet alternates with the glimmer of golden lame.

Let's try to envisage a glimmer of light somewhere on the horizon.

Deep-fried until dark gold, it betrays not a glimmer of oil.

However, it's possible to imagine how the project may seem to some as a glimmer of hope.

There is the faint and amusing glimmer of a large zipper sewn improbably into the blanket.

The only glimmer of hope is that in the long run, democracy is slowly, painfully making progress across the world.

There is something in the air here that has not been around for ages: a glimmer of hope.

Nevertheless, there is a glimmer of hope that today's peacetime politicians may rise to the occasion.

Harsh as it is, a bankruptcy filing has always offered a glimmer of hope for a business hobbled by debt or a downturn.

There is no glimmer even of such a thing happening.

But in this case you don't trust the markets because you have a glimmer.

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glimmer (ˈɡlɪmə)

—vb
1.	(of a light, candle, etc) to glow faintly or flickeringly
2.	to be indicated faintly: hope glimmered in his face

—n
3.	a glow or twinkle of light
4.	a faint indication

[C14: compare Middle High German glimmern, Swedish glimra, Danish glimre]

'glimmeringly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

glimmer

early 14c., frequentative of P.Gmc. *glim-, root of O.E. glæm "brightness" (see gleam). Originally "shine brightly," sense shifted 15c. to "shine faintly."

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"Seen with the terrestially sullied eye, we are in the situation of travelers in a train that has met with an accident in a tunnel, and this at a place where the light of the beginning can no longer be seen, and the light of the end is so very small a glimmer that the gaze must continually search for it and is always losing it again, and, furthermore, both the beginning and the end are not even certainties."

-Franz Kafka

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