Both Uses of
glimmer
in
The Bell Jar
- The starched white sleeves of his shirt, rolled up to the elbows, glimmered eerily in the half dark and his tan skin seemed almost black.†
Chpt 7 *glimmered = shined (with a dim or wavering light)
- I saw the glimmer of bare skin, like a pale veil separating two bloody-minded adversaries.†
Chpt 9
Definitions:
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(1)
(glimmer as in: a glimmer of hope) a slight indication of something -- such as hope or interest
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(2)
(glimmer as in: glimmering lights) a dim, wavering, or reflected light