Sentence examples for a gleam of from inspiring English sources

A gleam of inspiration pierced her vagueness.

In his eyes, a gleam of hope.

A gleam of polish on those manicured nails?

He is disarmingly charming but with a gleam of mayhem in his eye.

Behind, a perpindicular wall of stars, Below, a gleam of snows.

A gleam of light shone down directly on the hunched figure of the Lord Chief Justice.

He wanted to close his eyes and think about a gleam of something nestling there, but he smiled instead.

The family smiled and nodded, yet even in their quiet congratulation I caught a gleam of mischief.

But for prickly Muslims, alternatives to infidel products are scanty.There may be a gleam of hope at least as far as carbonated soft-drinks are concerned.

Mr Obama is belatedly forging warmer relations with his Egyptian counterpart, who realises that America's clout is also still vital.So Mr Morsi's conduct offers a gleam of hope.

Certainly "Double Falsehood" contains echoes of Shakespeare ("A gleam of day breaks sudden from her window"), but for the most part the language sags or is ungainly.