twinkle

Example Sentences

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It’s something that should have come up at your onboarding with the financial planner, even if you signed up with them a long time ago and retirement was only a twinkle in your eye.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

He does have the same twinkle and melting smile.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

"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

“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

A twinkle pierces her eyes like stars peeping out of the night sky.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman