All 5 Uses of
glimmer
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Out of the black shadows there glimmered little red circles of light, now bright, now faint, as the burning poison waxed or waned in the bowls of the metal pipes.†
Chpt 6
- Just as he finished, however, we drove through two scattered villages, where a few lights still glimmered in the windows.†
Chpt 6 *
- Our gas was lit and shone on the white cloth and glimmer of china and metal, for the table had not been cleared yet.†
Chpt 12 *
- They each led into an empty room, dusty and cheerless, with two windows in the one and one in the other, so thick with dirt that the evening light glimmered dimly through them.†
Chpt 12
- This barricaded door corresponded clearly with the shuttered window outside, and yet I could see by the glimmer from beneath it that the room was not in darkness.†
Chpt 12
Definitions:
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(glimmer as in: glimmering lights) a dim, wavering, or reflected light
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(glimmer as in: a glimmer of hope) a slight indication of something -- such as hope or interest