Glitter and Gloss

See Also: BRIGHTNESS, LIGHTING, SHINING

Aglow, like fruit when it colors —William Canton
All ablaze like poppies in the sun —Ouida
All glittering like May sunshine on May leaves —Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Beams like flowers —Percy Bysshe Shelley
(Bright faces cast a thousand) beams upon me, like the sun —William Shakespeare
Blazing like a jewelled sun —W. S. Gilbert
Blinking like a digital display —Natascha Wodin
A dull sheen, like the white of a hard-boiled egg —T. Coraghessan Boyle
(Eyes) flashed like lightning —Honoré de Balzac
Flashy as the slot machines in a gambling casino —Anon
(Evening) flickers like the midnight sun —Karl Shapiro
Gleam and glitter … like jewels in a dark velvet case —Louis Auchincloss
(His hair) gleamed like a freshly washed blackboard —Mavis Gallant
[A car] gleamed like a jewel in a box with an iridescent lining —Robin McCorquodale
(The Hyde Park Library, which was) gleaming like a chrome fender in the afternoon sun —Jonathan Valin
Gleaming like light on water —Beryl Markham
Gleaming like oil on water —Erica Jong
Gleaming like raw meat —James Crumley
Gleaming like water over moon-bright sand —Robert Penn Warren
Gleam like bone —Donald McCaig
Gleam like small change —Sylvia Plath
(The token woman) gleams like a gold molar in a toothless mouth —Marge Piercy
Gleams like a small coin —Philip Levine
Gleams like the cared-for brass of bank buildings —George Garrett
(The necklace) gleams, sharp as malice —Louise Erdrich
(Water) glimmered like a shower of diamonds in the broken moonlight —Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Glimmer … like glow worms twinkling through the shade —Sir Walter Scott
Glimmer, sparkled like a matrix of platinum sequins laid over velvet —Richard Ford The sparkling place described is Oaxaca.
(Eyes … ) glinted … like crumpled tinfoil —Susan Neville
(Helmets) glinted like nailheads —Derek Walcott
[Shoulders] glisten as silver —D. H. Lawrence
Glistened, like a globe of burnished gold —Edgar Allan Poe
Glistened like an oiled plum —Jerzy Kosinski The descriptive frame of reference in The Painted Bird, the novel from which this is taken, is a snake’s head.
(The empty pavement that) glistened like a wet leather strap —Tadeusz Borowski
[A dog’s coat] glistened like black velvet —Roald Dahl
(Her neck and shoulders) glistened like liquor in a crystal bottle —Paige Mitchell
(Peas) glistened like medieval enamels —Mark Helprin
Glistened like the sun in water —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(The van) glistening like opal —MacDonald Harris
Glistening like satin —Ouida
Glisten like melted butter —Marilyn Hacker
[Hair] glisten like sunshine —D. H. Lawrence
Glistens like the scaling of a snake —Mihail Lermontov In Lermontov’s A Hero of Our Time, the comparison refers to a river.
(Eyes) glittered like a string of Christmas tree icicles —Donald McCaig
Glittered like bracelets —Hans Christian Andersen
Glittered like confetti —Lawrence Durrell
Glittered like steel struck with a bright light —Honoré de Balzac
The glitter of the sea was like glass in my eyes —Steve Erickson
Glittering like armor —Frank O’Hara
[Fruit wet with mist] glowed like a globe of fire —Philip Levine
Glowed like painted glass —Lincoln Kirstein
Glowed like somebody had polished her —J. B. Priestly The narrator of Priestly’s Lost Empires is describing a showgirl in her costume.
Glowed like the initials of an illuminated manuscript —Edmund L. Pearson
(His head) glowing like a red sun —Bernard Malamud
Glow like a sunbeam —Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Glow, like moths by light attracted and repelled —Percy Bysshe Shelley
(Water) glows … like a crystal ball —Edward Hoagland
Glows like a drunk’s nose —Hank Searls
Glows like a meteor in the distant North —William Blake
Lights glittering like Oz —Diane Ackerman
Polished like new boots —John Ciardi
Shimmered like the wing of a dragonfly —Eudora Welty
Shimmer like a vision —John Gardner
Sparkled like stars —Percy Bysshe Shelley
(Four tiny black-eyed girls … ) twinkling like Christmas trees —Hart Crane

单词	glitter and gloss
释义	Glitter and Gloss Glitter and Gloss See Also: BRIGHTNESS, LIGHTING, SHINING Aglow, like fruit when it colors —William Canton All ablaze like poppies in the sun —Ouida All glittering like May sunshine on May leaves —Alfred, Lord Tennyson Beams like flowers —Percy Bysshe Shelley (Bright faces cast a thousand) beams upon me, like the sun —William Shakespeare Blazing like a jewelled sun —W. S. Gilbert Blinking like a digital display —Natascha Wodin A dull sheen, like the white of a hard-boiled egg —T. Coraghessan Boyle (Eyes) flashed like lightning —Honoré de Balzac Flashy as the slot machines in a gambling casino —Anon (Evening) flickers like the midnight sun —Karl Shapiro Gleam and glitter … like jewels in a dark velvet case —Louis Auchincloss (His hair) gleamed like a freshly washed blackboard —Mavis Gallant [A car] gleamed like a jewel in a box with an iridescent lining —Robin McCorquodale (The Hyde Park Library, which was) gleaming like a chrome fender in the afternoon sun —Jonathan Valin Gleaming like light on water —Beryl Markham Gleaming like oil on water —Erica Jong Gleaming like raw meat —James Crumley Gleaming like water over moon-bright sand —Robert Penn Warren Gleam like bone —Donald McCaig Gleam like small change —Sylvia Plath (The token woman) gleams like a gold molar in a toothless mouth —Marge Piercy Gleams like a small coin —Philip Levine Gleams like the cared-for brass of bank buildings —George Garrett (The necklace) gleams, sharp as malice —Louise Erdrich (Water) glimmered like a shower of diamonds in the broken moonlight —Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Glimmer … like glow worms twinkling through the shade —Sir Walter Scott Glimmer, sparkled like a matrix of platinum sequins laid over velvet —Richard Ford The sparkling place described is Oaxaca. (Eyes … ) glinted … like crumpled tinfoil —Susan Neville (Helmets) glinted like nailheads —Derek Walcott [Shoulders] glisten as silver —D. H. Lawrence Glistened, like a globe of burnished gold —Edgar Allan Poe Glistened like an oiled plum —Jerzy Kosinski The descriptive frame of reference in The Painted Bird, the novel from which this is taken, is a snake’s head. (The empty pavement that) glistened like a wet leather strap —Tadeusz Borowski [A dog’s coat] glistened like black velvet —Roald Dahl (Her neck and shoulders) glistened like liquor in a crystal bottle —Paige Mitchell (Peas) glistened like medieval enamels —Mark Helprin Glistened like the sun in water —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (The van) glistening like opal —MacDonald Harris Glistening like satin —Ouida Glisten like melted butter —Marilyn Hacker [Hair] glisten like sunshine —D. H. Lawrence Glistens like the scaling of a snake —Mihail Lermontov In Lermontov’s A Hero of Our Time, the comparison refers to a river. (Eyes) glittered like a string of Christmas tree icicles —Donald McCaig Glittered like bracelets —Hans Christian Andersen Glittered like confetti —Lawrence Durrell Glittered like steel struck with a bright light —Honoré de Balzac The glitter of the sea was like glass in my eyes —Steve Erickson Glittering like armor —Frank O’Hara [Fruit wet with mist] glowed like a globe of fire —Philip Levine Glowed like painted glass —Lincoln Kirstein Glowed like somebody had polished her —J. B. Priestly The narrator of Priestly’s Lost Empires is describing a showgirl in her costume. Glowed like the initials of an illuminated manuscript —Edmund L. Pearson (His head) glowing like a red sun —Bernard Malamud Glow like a sunbeam —Alfred, Lord Tennyson Glow, like moths by light attracted and repelled —Percy Bysshe Shelley (Water) glows … like a crystal ball —Edward Hoagland Glows like a drunk’s nose —Hank Searls Glows like a meteor in the distant North —William Blake Lights glittering like Oz —Diane Ackerman Polished like new boots —John Ciardi Shimmered like the wing of a dragonfly —Eudora Welty Shimmer like a vision —John Gardner Sparkled like stars —Percy Bysshe Shelley (Four tiny black-eyed girls … ) twinkling like Christmas trees —Hart Crane
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