The sparkle of a lover's secret or the glimmer of a promise kept.
But those who discern an opening for a more hopeful future, even a glimmer of outright resolution, have always been proved wrong.
Most of the life on this planet gets by without even a glimmer of it.
To even get a glimmer of the mirror effect in life is beyond normal comprehension.
Low-budget horror films occasionally show the faintest glimmer of talent and are praised out of all proportion to their merits.
The last glimmer of sun embraces her as storm clouds roll in.
Forever looking for a glimmer of difference that can be interpreted as bias.
The glimmer of utility on the horizon are things called quantum dots.
And yet, despite setbacks and constant self-vigilance, both could finally begin to see the glimmer of another possibility.
Let's try to envisage a glimmer of light somewhere on the horizon.
British Dictionary definitions for glimmer
glimmer
/ˈɡlɪmə/
verb (intransitive)
1.
(of a light, candle, etc) to glow faintly or flickeringly
2.
to be indicated faintly: hope glimmered in his face
noun
3.
a glow or twinkle of light
4.
a faint indication
Derived Forms
glimmeringly, adverb
Word Origin
C14: compare Middle High German glimmern, Swedish glimra, Danish glimre
Word Origin and History for glimmer
v.
early 14c., "shine brightly," a frequentative from Proto-Germanic *glim-, root of Old English glæm "brightness" (see gleam (n.)). Sense shifted 15c. to "shine faintly." Cf. Dutch glimmeren, German glimmeren "to shine dimly." Related: Glimmered; glimmering.