twinkle

Example Sentences

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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

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

In “Winter,” for example, the moon that hides behind the clouds in Boucher’s work is clearly visible in the mural, its light causing her snowy field to twinkle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

This time, he had an impish twinkle in his eye.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2025

I’ve always read about eyes twinkling and I remember my friends laughing and saying eyes can’t really twinkle.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh