All 15 Uses of
glimmer
in
The Return of the King
- The last thing that he remembered before he fell into deep dream was a glimpse of high white peaks, glimmering like floating isles above the clouds as they caught the light of the westering moon.†
Chpt 5.1
- Then Pippin cried aloud, for the Tower of Ecthelion, standing high within the topmost walls' shone out against the sky, glimmering like a spike of pearl and silver, tall and fair and shapely, and its pinnacle glittered as if it were wrought of crystals; and white banners broke and fluttered from the battlements in the morning breeze' and high and far he heard a clear ringing as of silver trumpets.†
Chpt 5.1
- He turned and saw her as a glimmer in the night, for she was clad in white; but her eyes were on fire.†
Chpt 5.2 *
- Two swift hours passed, and now the king sat upon his white horse, glimmering in the half light.†
Chpt 5.3
- 'Then I am needed there more than here,' said Gandalf, and rode off at once, and the glimmer of him faded soon from sight.†
Chpt 5.4
- Light was glimmering.†
Chpt 5.5
- They passed on; and as they climbed and drew near to the Citadel they felt the wind blowing in their faces, and they caught the glimmer of morning far away, a light growing in the southern sky.†
Chpt 5.7
- A torch was glimmering from somewhere up above.†
Chpt 6.1
- The door was open, the passage dark save for the glimmer of the torch and the red glare from outside filtering through the window-slit.†
Chpt 6.1
- As Frodo and Sam stood and gazed, the rim of light spread all along the line of the Ephel Duath, and then they saw a shape, moving at a great speed out of the West, at first only a black speck against the glimmering strip above the mountain-tops, but growing, until it plunged like a bolt into the dark canopy and passed high above them.†
Chpt 6.2
- When Sam awoke, he found that he was lying on some soft bed, but over him gently swayed wide beechen boughs, and through their young leaves sunlight glimmered, green and gold.†
Chpt 6.4
- And Frodo when he saw her come glimmering in the evening, with stars on her brow and a sweet fragrance about her, was moved with great wonder, and he said to Gandalf: 'At last I understand why we have waited!†
Chpt 6.5
- It was evening, and the stars were glimmering in the eastern sky
Chpt 6.9 *glimmering = dimly shining or twinkling
- But Galadriel sat upon a white palfrey and was robed all in glimmering white, like clouds about the Moon; for she herself seemed to shine with a soft light.†
Chpt 6.9
- Then Frodo kissed Merry and Pippin, and last of all Sam, and went aboard; and the sails were drawn up, and the wind blew, and slowly the ship slipped away down the long grey firth; and the light of the glass of Galadriel that Frodo bore glimmered and was lost.†
Chpt 6.9
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