shimmer - use in sentences

Object

  • haze: Neither was it a form of shimmering heat haze.
  • glacier: The calm waters of Paradise Harbor host many sculptured icebergs, calved from a backdrop of shimmering glaciers.
  • cascade: A shimmering cascade of magic shooting stars drifted down over the garden.
  • lake: The urge to lie down never to wake, Dreaming of water on a shimmering lake.
  • curtain: A small waterfall cascades past the mouth of the cave like a shimmering curtain.
  • guitar: The life-style involved partying as much as possible; the music with it's shimmering guitar based sound, virtually defined the new era.

Converse of object

  • add: This range of Rado watches also displays chunky faux diamond hour markers adding a shimmer to the gold watch.

Adjective modifier

  • golden: Itâs this loose powder with a fine golden pearlised shimmer.

Modifies a noun

  • light: Sparkling shimmer light effect changes through red to yellow to blue to green to clear sparkle.
  • effect: Sparkling shimmer light effect changes through red to yellow to blue to green to clear sparkle.
  • change: Sparkling shimmer light effect changes through red to yellow to blue to green to clear sparkle.

Modifying Another Word

  • slightly: Broken glass littered the carpet in a trail to the bathroom, shimmering slightly.

Adjective complement

  • blue: Down below was the Vega, swathed in shimmering blue.

Preposition: in

  • haze: At the end of it, shimmering in the heat haze, you can see a solitary figure walking toward you.
  • sunlight: We followed a path through the trees to a lake, shimmering in the sunlight - it was idyllic.
  • sun: From where I sat on the Horse's back I could see the still waters of the bay shimmering in the sun.
  • heat: I see my daughter's face below me, shimmering in heat that rises off the asphalt.
  • distance: We are on a hill overlooking the city of Prague, with its romantic attractions shimmering in the distance.
  • light: But now the gold dust shimmers in the white light, dim over the crowded dance floor.

Preposition: with

  • color: The costumes he devised with exclusive art seemed to shimmer with a thousand colors.

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