twinkling
Example Sentences
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Let’s take a moment to appreciate the cabin headliner, twinkling like thousands of LED stars in the firmament.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 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
After a romantic ride through chic neighbourhoods, Castel got down on one knee as a violinist played with the twinkling Eiffel Tower in the background.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
Over tens of thousands of years, Kalas explained, the region around Fomalhaut would appear to be filled with glowing debris, "sparkling with these collisions" -- similar to twinkling holiday lights.
From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026
The grass was wet with dew and a million dewdrops were sparkling and twinkling like diamonds around his feet.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
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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