twinkle
Example Sentences
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The snowbank blinked, or maybe twinkled for a split second.
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He took off his glasses and I saw a twinkle in his friendly old eyes.
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It was getting dark out, and Angela could see the runway lights twinkling in the distance.
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He used the giant telescope to capture the twinkling of Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.
From Los Angeles Times
Through the cockpit, the city glowed on the horizon, a strip of twinkling lights severing the night sky from the dark Potomac river.
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