Glint and Sunlight

Glint

Glint noun - A momentary flash of light.

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Sunlight and glint are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sunlight" instead a noun "Glint".

Nearby Words: glinting, glinted

Sunlight noun - The light given off by the star around which the planet Earth revolves.

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Glint and sunlight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Glint" instead a noun "Sunlight".

Nearby Word: sunlit

In Scorpia, Alex is able to dodge a sword thrown at his throat because he catches a glint of sunlight reflecting off the blade.

Source: Literature / Alex Rider
Hathcock was always very plain about admitting that it was a lucky shot, since he saw a glint of sunlight on the VietCong sniper's scope lens and aimed above that.

Source: Scope Snipe
Frequently an enemy sniper would only see and aim for the glint of sunlight off of the scope's glass, and the only reason that the shot was even possible was that the enemy sniper in question had Hathcock right in his sights.

Source: Scope Snipe

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