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Collocations for gleam - verb

ADVERB

dully, faintly, softly
The knife's blade gleamed dully in the dark.

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PREPOSITION

with
The long oak table gleamed with polish.

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PHRASES

gleam golden, white, etc.
The pebble beach gleamed white in the moonlight.

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Gleam is used with these nouns as the subject:
eye, hair, light, sunlight, tooth, window

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Collocations for gleam - noun

1. soft light

ADJECTIVE

dull, faint
distant

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PREPOSITION

gleam of
the distant gleam of the sea

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PHRASES

a gleam of light
a faint gleam of light from under the door

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2. in sb's eyes

ADJECTIVE

cold, dark, strange
predatory, speculative
mischievous, sardonic, wicked
sudden

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VERB + gleam

have
He had a speculative gleam in his eyes.

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gleam + VERB

come into sb's eye/eyes, enter sb's eye/eyes, light sb's eye/eyes
A sudden gleam came into her eye as she remembered that tomorrow was her day off.

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PREPOSITION

gleam of
A gleam of laughter lit his eyes.

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PHRASES

a gleam in sb's eye/eyes

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