twinkly

Example Sentences

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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

One of those is surviving his own birth, presented here in a sequence of torchlit, squishy labor that’s far from the twinkly manger of Christmas-diorama harmony.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

“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

Friends still liken her to Mary Poppins, part twinkly magic, part no frills practicality.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2024

He was tall and lanky with a bronzed, sharp-boned face; his green eyes were twinkly, like he’d just gotten a joke someone had told him earlier.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray