Sentences with phrase «by gleaming»

High - gloss storage units with deep drawers in a plaster tone are lifted by gleaming white basins and marble tiles.

The classic pedestal desk, in a distressed slate - grey finish, is topped by a gleaming chrome vintage - style phone and teamed with a floral - themed pen pot, bowl, organiser box and notebook.

As visitors enter the Threshing Barn and the first gallery space, they will be confronted by a gleaming gong or sun - like apparition.

Surrounded by the gleaming skyscrapers of Lujiazui and just minutes away from Shanghai IFC and the Shanghai World Financial Centre, the Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai offers a unique blend of style and comfort with a stunning design, world - class restaurants, serene spa and Mandarin Oriental's legendary service.

You'll want to spend most of your stay on the terrace by the gleaming infinity pool, which is surrounded by a row of lounge chairs and sunbeds and even a whimsical sculpture.

This beautiful beach is a 90 - meter stretch of pale sand protected seaside by coral reefs and hedged by gleaming cliffs, straight slopes and lush vegetation on the inland side.

It's easy to be dazzled by gleaming speaker covers, massive wattage numbers, and other shiny details, but which sound systems really bring the noise?

Here, the contemporary seamlessly blends with the futuristic as residents walk past quaint shops while, above, a monorail speeds by gleaming towers.

Steig's spiky illustrations and witty text has been amplified by the gleaming, bombastically hyperreal texture of big screen animation, the piling - on of movie references, boomer music cues, snipes at Disney animated characters and pop culture gags.

A baguette crystal topring highlights the tonal face of a chunky chronograph watch completed by a gleaming rose gold - plated bracelet.

De Blasio got himself noticed by hitting Bloomberg the hardest and giving voice to the millions of struggling New Yorkers who looked at the post-9 / 11 gilded - age excess all around them — the stratospheric rents and impossibly high cost of living, the bank branches and chain stores squeezing out local mom - and - pops, the very skyline remade by gleaming new high - rises catering to hedge - funders and Chinese and Russian billionaires — and worried it could permanently transform the greatest city in the world into an open - air luxury mall for the global super-rich.

Her parents, looking in on her and seeing her with her cheek pressed against the floor, thought that she had fallen asleep, and her father tiptoed into the room to lift her into bed, only to be disconcerted by the gleam of her wide - open eyes over the top of her arm.

It is easy to criticize now, but in those days the capital of all the Spains was a place where a man had to fight for his life on a street corner lighted by the gleam of two blades.

The competition ends on 23 March, when a winner will be randomly selected by Gleam and announced here and by e-mail.

The Giveaway is hosted by Gleam and is open internationally in anyone over 18.

You're given a generic set of melee attacks that can be ended at certain points with a button switch that executes an area - clearing critical strike indicated by a gleam of light emanating from Caim's weapon.

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All that made it hard for them to relate to the inspirational video about Huajian circulated by mobile phone with its sweeping shots of a gleaming factory and a soundtrack that repeats in operatic Mandarin: «Huajian has come, Huajian has come... holding the torch of hope.»

The last new Maybach that will ever be shipped to Canada spends its days gleaming in the sunlight, parked by a floor - to - ceiling window in the second - floor showroom of Mercedes - Benz Downtown in Toronto.

Tolkien says it best: «It is the mark of a good fairy - story, of the higher or more complete kind, that however wild its events, however fantastic or terrible the adventures, it can give to child or man that hears it, when the «turn» comes, a catch of the breath, a beat and lifting of the heart, near to (or indeed accompanied by) tears, as keen as that given by any form of literary art... In such stories, when the sudden «turn» comes we get a piercing glimpse of joy, and heart's desire, that for a moment passes outside the frame, rends indeed the very web of story, and lets a gleam come through.»

The moon stood still in its exalted place, at the light of your arrows speeding by, at the gleam of your flashing spear.

That was in the early»70s, when with long hair, bobbles, bangles and beads and a gleam of communitarian utopianism in my eyes, I finally found my way into the fourth century treatise by Nemesius, peri phuseos anthropon («On the Nature of the Human»), where it at length dawned on me that ancient wisdom could be the basis for a deeper critique of modern narcissistic individualism than I had yet seen.

Just don't base public policy on ideas which he gleams from an ancient text written by men who did not understand science.

The situation was aptly described by William James when he wrote: «It is part of the deeper mystery and tragedy of life that whiffs and gleams of something that we immediately recognize as excellent should be vouchsafed to so many of us only in the fleeting earlier phases of what in its totality is so degrading a poison.»

My son sits on his bier, his death undone, the flash of heaven gleaming in his eyes.

The quiet, shy hazelnut, often outshone by the more headstrong and petulant almond, sits quietly on the sidelines awaiting an opportune time to make her presence known and in this melt - in - your - mouth dessert her sass twinkles and gleams.

When we reached the top by the shining granite walls of the road cut through the mountain, a huge sunburst illuminated the peak of Mount Brandon, and laid out before us were the dark tarns that held trout and the gleaming thread of the Cloghane River, where the salmon and white trout ran 3,000 feet below.

The brilliant game fish of the Pacific coast, like King Arthur's gleaming sword, is a prize that can be won only by the skillful, the courageous and the strong

The Sunday Parenting Party is hosted by Dirt and Boogers, One Perfect Day, Play Activities, Taming the Goblin and The Golden Gleam.

I knew, too, that I would never «let myself go» — that I would always be immaculately groomed and, eventually, surrounded by a whole family of perfectly clean, perfectly behaved children and a perfectly adoring husband in a gleaming, perfectly sparkling home.

The president's long convoy of black and white gleaming vehicles raced by on official business.

Following an appearance at the gleaming new UB facility the state helped build, Cuomo delved into election year politics by acknowledging that intense weekend efforts attempted to woo Hochul away from the second spot and, instead, into a rematch with Republican Rep. Chris Collins of Clarence.

This gleaming glass, brick, steel edifice housing the SCI Center is an earnest expression of commitment and appreciation by Americans for the service of our SCI veterans.»

There, punctuated by the occasional basket of bananas or apples, sit gleaming cases of soft drinks and beer, wide shelves of crackers and cookies, a panorama of muffins, doughnuts, brownies, ice cream, and candy bars.

The Lost World of Old Europe: The Danube Valley, 5000 — 3500 B.C. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU, New York City Millennia before the great pyramids of Giza were built, elaborately painted female figurines and costumes gleaming with copper and gold were being created by the artisans of Old Europe, who thrived around 4500 B.C..

I'd argue that the revolution of the last 20 years has quenched our robo - fear, not so much by giving us a taste for change as by taking the gleam off that spark of humanity we used to be so proud of.

The brightest spots on the dwarf planet Ceres gleam with mystery in new views delivered by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

By studying the antioxidant defense mechanism, I have gleamed valuable insight into the evolution and lifestyle of this pathogen.

But this tablet, with its gleaming electronic visage and brightly colored icons, confuses this Neanderthal confronted by modern conveniences.

Every morning I drive by a lake, and the rising sun gleams off the water; it's beautiful, yet I never take the time to notice.

I had a thought the other day, remembering some information I gleamed from a book called «The Perfect Health Diet» by Jaminet and Jaminet.

Warm tones and gleams for the modern majorettes seen by Alessandro Dell «Acqua.

So quintessentially elegant, Daphne by Carvela Kurt Gieger shines in lustrous silver mesh, trimmed with gleaming chevron hardware accent.

«Pro Rose - Marie Swift's polishes are inspired by hues in her line of natural makeup, like this gleaming bronze, which is vegan and cruelty - free.»

Inspired by antique lead - paned windows, these mosaic - style mirrors are framed in brass and gently weathered to a gleaming accent.

Designed exclusively for PBteen by celebrity stylists and fashion designers Emily Current and Meritt Elliott, this chic finial provides your window with gleaming detail.

This handsome watch from Kenneth Cole has a dial with a textured center insert inside a gleaming rose goldtone case and is secured by a smooth leather band.

Done in gleaming gold plate, this elegant rolo chain collar necklace features pink and burgundy faceted crystals surrounded by Swarovski marcasite pave and joined by pave - covered links to create a stunning accent piece for your evening outfit.

In the living room, have gold accents dominate the scene — from your coffee table graced by a centerpiece in green and gold, with gold balls alongside, to your Christmas tree laden with gleaming ornaments, ribbons, and tassels.

Crafted by Indonesian artisan Nyoman Rena, the earrings gleam with the glistening beauty of peridots.

An oxidized sterling silver rectangle contrasts with a gleaming 24k gold plated brass circle in earrings that are crafted by hand.