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The phrase "things were glinting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe objects that are reflecting light in a sparkling or shining manner, often creating a visually appealing effect. Example: "As the sun rose over the lake, things were glinting on the water's surface, creating a mesmerizing display of light."
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If it's not one thing, it's another.
When one thing goes wrong, then another, and another..
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Onstage, things were glinting.
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"Look how it's glinting.
Something on the hill was glinting in the blinding sunshine.
"See where the sunlight is glinting off metal?
The storm has lifted and the stars are glinting above us in the clear night sky.
SHE has the glint in the eye and the breezy confidence of a politician who knows that things are going her way.
When you moved closer you saw that the whole glinting thing was pieced together from countless tiny parts: pieces of colored metal pinched and twisted into strips, squares, circles and rosettes, linked together, like chain mail, with bits of copper wire.
It sets behind the Acropolis, where the ancient Gods were worshipped, glinting onto the Aegean nearby.
There is sunlight glinting off what appear to be diamonds on the floor, hundreds of them.
See all those shiny metallic things glinting in the sunlight?
It seems fitting that the last thing Timberlake said, before sprinting away, his forehead glinting, was "Super Bowl selfies!" In the end, that was all that mattered.
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