Both Uses of
glimmer
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Two or three glimmering lights showed where it lay, peacefully sleeping, beyond the vague vast sweep of star-gemmed water, unconscious of the tremendous event that was happening.†
Chpt 13 *
- Some said that now and then, in the cave, a far-away speck of light would glimmer, and then a glorious shout would burst forth and a score of men go trooping down the echoing aisleāand then a sickening disappointment always followed; the children were not there; it was only a searcher's light.†
Chpt 30 *
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