Shells glistened in the sunlight.

Meaning: This describes the appearance of shells in the sunlight.

Choice of Words: Shells are the hard outer coverings of certain sea creatures, such as mollusks. Glistened means to shine or sparkle with reflected light. In means inside or within something. Sunlight is the light from the sun. When you put them together, the sentence means the shells were shining with reflected light from the sun.

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