1. shone with a faint or wavering light
Usage: past tense of glimmer
2. appeared faintly or briefly in the mind or perception
Usage: figurative use; past tense of glimmer

Examples

• The candle glimmered in the darkness.
• Stars glimmered above the quiet lake.
• A faint hope glimmered in her heart.
• The distant lighthouse glimmered through the fog.
• Recognition glimmered in his eyes.
• Lights glimmered along the harbor at dusk.
• An idea glimmered at the edge of her consciousness.