English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "glimmer" is:(selfstandige naamwoord) 'n flou of wankelende lig; 'n kort of effense teken of wenk. (werkwoord) flou of onstabiel te skyn; om flou of onduidelik voor te kom.Byvoorbeeld, "Ek het 'n sprankie lig in die verte gesien" of "Daar was 'n sprankie hoop dat dinge beter sou word."

Synonyms

  1. gleam
  2. gleaming

Sentence Examples

  1. Lance pointed at it as they ran, a glimmer of hope welling inside.
  2. It is divided into many systems, each revolving round its several suns, and often presenting to the rest only the faint glimmer of a milk-and-water way.
  3. But it is not safe to strike a light in here in case any glimmer of it shines up through the cracks.
  4. Yet in the depths of this tragedy, they find a glimmer of hope.
  5. There was a glimmer of hope in trying to save people, but how many people could be saved?
  6. Her dark brown hair is styled into a side bun adorned with tiny rhinestones that glimmer under the lights.
  7. His gray eyes glimmer with amusement as he pinches the tip of my nose.
  8. The tomb in the day-time, and when wreathed with fresh flowers, had looked grim and gruesome enough but now, some days afterwards, when the flowers hung lank and dead, their whites turning to rust and their greens to browns when the spider and the beetle had resumed their accustomed dominance when time-discoloured stone, and dust-encrusted mortar, and rusty, dank iron, and tarnished brass, and clouded silver-plating gave back the feeble glimmer of a candle, the effect was more miserable and sordid than could have been imagined.
  9. It now occurred to me that I suffered great uneasiness in the joint of my left ankle, and a dim consciousness of my situation began to glimmer through my mind.
  10. Hearing this, Derik looks up at me, a glimmer of excitement flashing in his gray eyes.