Example sentences for: gleaming

How can you use “gleaming” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Its riches and prestige called for a legacy, providing the funds for the gleaming white marble complex of religious edifices known as the Campo dei Miracoli (Field of Miracles), of which its leaning bell tower is a national icon, left unscathed by the invasions and wars of succeeding centuries.

  • Erich Honecker’s regime won international diplomatic recognition for East Berlin as its capital and, with gleaming hotels and skyscrapers, tried to give it a lustre to rival West Berlin.

  • Between Pollença and Port de Pollença is the turnoff for Cala Sant Vicenç, a gleaming resort situated ar ound three gorgeous sandy coves with brilliant blue water, excellent for swimming and snorkeling.

  • Small, fashionable Positano spills down its hillside in a spectacular cascade of gleaming, bougainvillea-covered white-washed houses dotted with gardens of oranges and lemons and terraces of colorful hand-painted tiles.

  • It was the Grace Kelly of 1952, every bright golden hair on her head springing straight through her scalp out of her pure mind and elegant soul and reverently coiled into a triumph of gleaming sculpture.


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