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How to use the word glimmer in a Sentence?

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Witnessing the birth of Amur leopards is always an emotional experience, there are so few of them left in their native habitat that every birth carries so much weight – and every living individual promises a glimmer of hope.

Gaylene Thomas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When we got the first call that people were being arrested we cried it was like that first glimmer of hope in seven months, it was bittersweet, we cried … I mean it was just so wonderful to hear that something was being done.

Courtney White

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It is no doubt tempting to relax social distancing, offer the glimmer of a much needed hug, and lift restrictions on international travel, but this could be a big mistake at this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gurch Randhawa

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

California has been my home for nearly 50 years. I came here because I knew that anyone, regardless of their background or station in life, could turn their dreams into reality, but for the past decade, we have seen the glimmer of the Golden State reduced by one-party rule that places politics over progress and special interests over people. Sacramento needs an honest leader with a clear vision.

Caitlyn Jenner

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We wanted to get to 20 million, but some glimmer of hope is that in the last 72 hours, they’ve gotten 1.2 million doses into peoples’ arms, which is an average of about 500,000 a day, we are not where we want to be. There’s no doubt about that. But I think we can get there.

Anthony Fauci

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

So we said no, leave him where he is at, but our family physician said,' If they give you a glimmer of hope, you take it. If he dies in transport, that's God's calling,' so we decided to let him be transported.

Kim Cochran

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The generous support of 21 Savage will go a long way toward the well-being of these young people, not only will it help them stay afloat during this crisis, but it also provides a glimmer of hope and the realization that they can count on the support of their community at this time of need.

Juma Atlanta site director

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I've been sober a long time. I have no shame around that, that's an amazing thing. If anybody watches the show and sees a glimmer of hope about the chance for recovery, that's great.

Rebecca Cutter

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The U.S.-China trade war has caused energy demand growth to take a big hit. Any glimmer of hope revives the prospects for a more positive demand landscape.

John Kilduff

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The economic piece is really important to get a glimmer of hope for Afghanistan to move beyond a land-locked, poppy-based economy. We are now shooting that in the head.

Thomas Lynch

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I expect that the other side will show the same good will, to move forward, we have to deal with these issues seriously to see a glimmer of hope, of light for the future.

Nicos Anastasiades

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

That gave me a real sense, a glimmer, a glimpse, of what Jack Fawcett on 1925 and Jack Fawcett on 1925 parties went through every day.

David Grann

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The level of frustration on Manus Island is as high as it has ever been, the court action, while a glimmer of hope, is frustrating them as there has been no action despite detention being found to be unlawful.

Ian Rintoul

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We need to be smart, after 30 long years, when all we have in the world is displacement, here we have a glimmer of hope. Here we have a chance of success. That is a good sell.

Iain Hall

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Today we have a glimmer of hope, a slightest hope.

Gareth Bayley

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Only time will tell, it's a great possibility that it is Robert, but I will not say definitely. After 18 years, it's hard, but there is still that glimmer of hope that he could possibly be out there somewhere. How would you feel if it was your child?

Robert Kovack mother

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It's a glimmer, and for now we're consolidating above $40 per barrel. But OPEC showed last week it's a paper tiger in that it won't do anything to prevent supply growth.

Michael Hewson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This doesn't give hope, this is a moment I have been fearing, as long as there wasn't any evidence of a crash, of wounded, of dead or whatever, there was a little glimmer of hope for us.

Ghyslain Wattrelos

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Investors have a glimmer of hope from the fact that in Alexis Tsipras' speech he still refers to a deal being struck, however, in the face of the Greek tragedy and China market turbulence, investors still have plenty to worry about.

Lorne Baring

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Investors have a glimmer of hope from the fact that in Alexis Tsipras' speech he still refers to a deal being struck. And with the removal of Yanis Varoufakis as finance minister, there is clearly an intent to improve relations with the Troika creditor group, however, in the face of the Greek tragedy and China market turbulence, investors still have plenty to worry about.

Lorne Baring

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A classic emerald cut like this one allows for a wide expanse of pure material to be viewed without the distraction of a more complex facet arrangement, it's almost like looking at the glimmer of a reflecting pool.

Gary Schuler

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It is a glimmer of hope, no more, no less.

Angela Merkel

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave---oh! leave the light of Hope behind.

Thomas Campbell

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Getting ahead in a difficult profession -- singing, acting, writing, whatever -- requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows and unfair reversals. When I think back to those first couple of years in Rome, those endless rejections, without a glimmer of encouragement from anyone, all those failed screen tests, and yet I never let my desire slide away from me, my belief in myself and what I felt I could achieve.

Sophia Loren

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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