132 collocations for gleams

And while he slept came the three, very silent and treading very soft, to look down upon his sleeping face and the manacles that gleamed upon his wrists; and behold, even as he slept, he groaned and writhed, his tender lips grown fierce, a relentless, down-curving linehis jaws grim set, and between his frowning brows a lock of silky hair that gleamed snow-white among the yellow.

In a certain spot of the room, always in the same spot, a bright light suddenly flashes; out of its midst there gleams a preternaturally large eye, which looks fixedly at me with a diabolical expression.

Their eyes gleamed red and hungry in the glow of the moon and the stars.

Suspended from the beams were big iridescent pearl-shells, known in southern California as "abalone," and in the rainbow-tinted half-globes gleamed electric lights, subdued by dull gold glass; but neither these nor the tall shaded lamps on the low wall of the terrace, nor the hidden electric bulbs in the fountain basin, were allowed to shine out yet.

Upon the highest mountain the horizon sinks you in a valley, and far aloft in night and mystery gleam the retreating stars.

Behind these came the Court in a great crowd, so that presently all the lawn was alive with bright colors, with silk and velvet, with waving plumes and gleaming gold, with flashing jewels and sword hilts; a gallant sight on that bright summer day.

So there upon their knees with gleaming swords uplifted, these wild men swore the oath.

The coal fire gleamed its welcome.

Beyond these, in turn, gleamed other little fires, where other coolies were squatting at their supper.

He looked up into eyes that gleamed hawk-like through glasses, and a throb of recognition went through his heart.

Their trunks gleamed wet and sparkling where the moon caught them.

" Simon said nothing, but on his homely features gathered an expression of resolve, through which there gleamed the bright radiance of hope.

Afar, below, in airy music ring The bugles of my host; the column halts, A wearied serpent glittering in the vale, Where rising mist-like gleam the tented camps.

Thinking of that snake, I turned my eyes in the direction of the sound, and saw, to my horror and amazement, not the snake, but a large panther, not twenty yards away, and creeping stealthily towards me, with glaring eyes, gleaming white teeth, and ears well laid back upon his head.

The Fun of Fire had ceased, and the rockets no longer gleamed athwart the sky; but the blaze of artificial light within, was more than a substitute for that which had so lately existed without.

Gargantuan tubes, gleaming silver in the lights and ribbed like a torso of a dragon, snaked through a heavy latticework of girders.

The Fun of Fire had ceased, and the rockets no longer gleamed athwart the sky; but the blaze of artificial light within, was more than a substitute for that which had so lately existed without.

And o'er the years that follow soon, So all unlike the dreams, Wander their odours, gleams their moon, And flow their winds and streams.

The rainbow shines his harbinger, The sunset gleams his smile.

Now as they drew near the moon peeped out, and showed a man huddled 'neath a bush beside the way, whose face gleamed pale amid the shadows.

Knives gleamed ruddy in the sunset.

No more shall Nation against Nation rise, No ardent Warriors meet with hateful Eyes, Nor Fields with gleaming Steel be coverd o'er, The Brazen Trumpets kindle

"I hope so," and Simmonds's eyes gleamed an instant.

In their hands gleamed knives with long blades of a curious oriental type.

His coarse, white robe, frayed and worn, was stained with earth and the green of grass, and was splashed, here and there, with a darker stain; pale was he, and hollow-cheeked, but with eyes that gleamed 'neath black brows and with chin long and purposeful.

132 collocations for  gleams