twinkly
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Late in the album, “Spirit Showing” features a twinkly keyboard that brings to mind the dusty chime of the celesta, as if the song takes place in a dim space illuminated by candlelight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
"I get loads of nostalgia videos coming up for things from my childhood, you'll see it and it'll make you feel a certain sort of weird, twinkly way," she says.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
Seeing Alison Sweeney on a screen without a grove of festively-decorated Christmas trees or the glow of twinkly lights is disorienting — like finding out the truth about Santa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
“I know it sounds kinda twinkly, but validating what’s in people’s hearts is the way the world should work.”
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2024
And nor did I mistake for long Pierrot, much shriveled and with a shining pate I wanted to put my hand on, but still twinkly as ever and very much the paterfamilias.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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