GLITTERING


Meaning of GLITTERING in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a glittering career (= very successful, especially in sport or acting )

Winning the gold medal was the highlight of her glittering career.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

prize

And for some there were conferences and congresses in glamorous places, the glittering prizes satirically displayed in Lodge's Small World.

He started out as a full-back with Bath and looked set for the glittering prizes .

Tom Gibson collected the glittering prizes , but he undervalued his contribution to his own area of medicine.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a glittering career in the diplomatic service

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He had provided one essential, a glittering showcase for the de Chavigny merchandise.

His pristine shield with the glittering cross was scarred and broken by blows of which he had no recollection.

It was merely a shell with glittering branches at the best addresses in London.

The glittering figure who impressed us so much is no more.

These were the glittering and opulent reminders of the medieval city.

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