twinkle

Example Sentences

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"You're not meant to be laughing, but you can see all your mates trying to make you laugh, and they've got that twinkle in their eye," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

We’ve cleared the postcard phase of winter — the fat twinkle lights, the bow-strapped storefronts, the flattering first snow — but spring has not yet agreed to show up.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

“When you’ll see what I’m wearing … you’ll see that I don’t play,” he says with a twinkle in his eye.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Among the yet-to-be-solved questions surrounding “Bookish” is whether viewers will, like a 1946 London policeman, find Book insufferable, or if Mr. Gatiss and his insistent twinkle find a place in their hearts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

There were pages floating everywhere, suspended in the air with magic, and twinkle lights cast a soft, warm glow over everything.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega