TWINKLE in a Sentence
Learn TWINKLE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
88 example sentences for TWINKLE, such as:
1. The stars twinkled in the sky.
2. The star seemed to twinkle hope to us.
3. Her eyes began to glisten and her lids to twinkle.
4. Stars twinkled above them as they lay on the hill.
5. Grandfather heard our story with a twinkle in his eye.
2. The star seemed to twinkle hope to us.
3. Her eyes began to glisten and her lids to twinkle.
4. Stars twinkled above them as they lay on the hill.
5. Grandfather heard our story with a twinkle in his eye.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of TWINKLE
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twinkle
v. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
n. a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
Classic Sentence: (83 in 6 pages)
1 "Going out for exercise," answered Jo with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes.
2 A second look showed her that the living eyes, under the bushy eyebrows, were kinder even than the painted ones, and there was a sly twinkle in them, which lessened her fear a good deal.
3 "A colliery," remarks Uncle, with a twinkle of the eye.
4 "Well, I did it to please Amy," began Laurie, with a twinkle that made Jo exclaim.
5 Her eyes began to glisten and her lids to twinkle.
6 And he dropped her hand; and she gave him an arch roguish twinkle, as if to say--but the end of that sentence was cut short.
7 His features might have been called good, had there not lurked under the pent-house of his eye, that sly epicurean twinkle which indicates the cautious voluptuary.
8 Our young companion looked at me with a twinkle in his eye.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk
Context Highlight In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk
9 "I quite understand your position," said Holmes, with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
10 The stars in the sky were intensely bright and seemed to me to twinkle very little.
11 As he imparted this melancholy circumstance to Wemmick, Mr. Jaggers standing magisterially before the fire and taking no share in the proceedings, Mike's eye happened to twinkle with a tear.
12 Here and there, some early lamps were seen to twinkle in the distant city; and in the eastern quarter of the sky the lurid light still hovered.
13 "To do good, probably," said the prince with a twinkle in his eye.
14 Grandfather heard our story with a twinkle in his eye.
15 "O yes, Mas'r," said Topsy, with another twinkle, her hands still devoutly folded.
Example Sentence:
1 Stars twinkle in the sky above us, above you, and above them.
2 The star seemed to twinkle hope to us.
3 The street slept in darkness, aside from the occasional twinkling of lights from two or three windows.
4 Stars twinkled above them as they lay on the hill.
5 The stars twinkled in the sky.