I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gleam/glimmer/flicker of amusement (= a small amount in someone's eyes or on someone’s face )
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He examined her face with a wry gleam of amusement.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
hair
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The soft fall of her hair over her shoulders gleamed red in places.
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The dark hairs of his arm gleamed in the early morning light.
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Her giant picture shows her to be a full-faced woman with her hair gleaming unnaturally.
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Brushed the long hair till it gleamed ?
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His curly dark hair gleamed even darker and glossier against the backdrop of red geraniums.
tooth
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Scarred with rust, its shark's teeth no longer gleaming , it looked almost harmless.
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His yellow teeth gleamed in the abundant black of his full beard.
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His even teeth gleamed falsely, vividly in the intense sunlight.
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Grover smiled mysteriously, his gold tooth gleaming .
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Miguelito knuckled the white rims into his nostrils, a mass of white teeth gleaming .
■ VERB
see
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I saw them gleam in the lamp-light.
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I could see their backs gleaming , like dark blue silk.
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Everyone expects, he reasoned, to see large, gleaming spaceships orbiting planets.
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It left a mark, they could see it now, gleaming on the sand as muddy swell crawled away.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A Rolls Royce was parked outside, gleaming in the sunshine.
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John's face gleamed as he thought of his plan for revenge.
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On his left was the galley, a tiny kitchen gleaming with stainless steel.
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The floors gleamed, and the house smelled sweetly of soap and fresh air.
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The old walnut dining table gleamed under the chandelier.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Grover smiled mysteriously, his gold tooth gleaming.
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He gleamed blue-yellow in the night.
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On either side her head gleamed coiled braids of dark-gold hair, almost pale copper in the subdued light of the room.
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She went back into school, brow furrowed, eyes gleaming.
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The ledges gleamed in the air briefly in the gray light then plummeted as the water gargled and spat all around them.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
see
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At last, faint and far off in the total blackness which now surrounded him, he saw another gleam of light.
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She saw the gleam through the green, she could not resist it.
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Now, seeing the sober blue gleam from the Police Station she went in.
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I could see the gleam of arms and the twinkling of bayonets.
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She saw the gleam of excitement in his eyes as she swallowed.
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She saw water gleam from the roadside ditch, smelled wet grass.
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Rincewind saw the gleam of gold and bronze.
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On the second day after she first saw the white gleam she saw it again in the same place.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I heard the back door of the house open, and saw the gleam of a lantern.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But he was a sucker for that gleam in her eye.
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His shoes are spit-shined and the buttons on his jersey gleam .
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Maybe there was going to be a gleam of light this morning.
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Now and then the gleam of a flashlight would wink out through the shrubbery.
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She remembered him and Agape said quite a gleam came in her eye.
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Sure enough, her eyes could see the faint satiny gleam of his bronze skin.
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The whole building was painted the frost white of cake icing and its shine echoed the gleam of the silent Thames behind.