glint

Object

• sun: It was summer and the evening sun glinted on the water.
• eye: His large, Roman nose, exactly like his father's, is sandwiched at the top by two glinting blue eyes.

Preposition: on

snow: I am a thousand winds that blow I am the diamond glint on snow.

Adjective modifier

• mischievous: His nose was crooked and his eyes were shallow with a strange, mischievous glint in them.
• evil: Spike, the evil glint gone from his eyes, looked at me.

Converse of object

• catch: I thought I caught two glints of light where his eyes should have been.
• see: I could see the glint in his eye; Percy was going to enjoy the day.

Noun used with modifier

• sun: CHUCK: It is not unusual for light reflections off ice crystals to cause sun glints back into the cameras.
• eye: A tiny pair of eyes glints in the gloom through the smallest of gaps.

Followed by a transitive particle

off: Lovely sunny day all day, sun glinting off the water into our eyes - several times we couldn't see a thing!

Preposition: in

• moonlight: Smooth and covered with scales that glinted in the moonlight, each was about the size and shape of a ten year child.
• sunlight: Every scratch on the sky blue van glinted in the january sunlight, every dent seemed like a valley.
• sunshine: Through the bars, Mandy could see the shiny quad bike, glinting in the morning sunshine.
• sun: Even sitting on the chair lifts watching the carved slopes glint in the sun like darting silver fish was a joy.
• eye: Leave a little dot of white paper showing for the glint in the eye.
• light: A knife was raised on high, glinting in the level light.

Preposition: of

• gold: The glint of the gold in each case caught my eye, you see.
• silver: He caught a glint of silver as they passed.
• metal: Even in the low light ( and it's not far off complete darkness ) there's an ominous glint of metal.
• light: I thought I caught two glints of light where his eyes should have been.