- present participle of twinkle.
twinkling
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"The sky here has always been twinkling like this," 28-year-old Dolker says.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
A canopy of candy-colored paper lanterns and twinkling lights hangs over a long dining table opposite the restaurant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The store’s front facade was wrapped in a giant plaid scarf made of 126,000 twinkling Christmas lights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
The audience rehashed its hunches, they circled potential suspects, they stared at a static image of a horrific crime scene, awash in twinkling moonlight.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
I held my finger in the air and connected the twinkling dots above the planet, tracing the Leo constellation.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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"It quickly became clear to me that mutability has these twinklings of joy, sometimes ecstasy, which comes through in the poems, I think."
From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2011
Again, inter-stellar space is, of course, absolutely black and devoid of any form of light save the faint twinklings of the far-off stars.
From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Hereward Carrington
In nine times nine twinklings of the eye must all be completed.'
From Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist by Carl Franz van der Velde
The old man's eye was keen with the twinklings of avarice and cunning; the young man's bright with the light of intelligence and spirit.
From Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Still later, infinitesimal twinklings on the ground at the horizon.
From The Invaders by Murray Leinster
Vocabulary lists containing twinkling
Let There Be Light: Synonyms for "Bright"
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 7–9
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"Not-So-Starry Nights: Light Pollution Turns Night into Day"
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