twinkle

Example Sentences

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"You're not meant to be laughing, but you can see all your mates trying to make you laugh, and they've got that twinkle in their eye," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Their goal was to understand how the pulsar's radio signal appears to "twinkle" as it travels through clouds of gas on its way to Earth.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

Holiday markets abound, trees twinkle with light, and bells sound in the streets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

But as “Starring Dick Van Dyke” establishes, the agile song-and-dance man with a perpetual twinkle in his eye is much more than that.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

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.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens