twinkling

Example Sentences

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Only Rowan and Allun saw that her hands were gripping her apron, twisting the white cloth, and that her eyes were twinkling not with laughter but with unshed tears.

From Literature

It was like staring into a field of fireflies, twinkling and blinking and vanishing and reappearing.

From Literature

Over tens of thousands of years, Kalas explained, the region around Fomalhaut would appear to be filled with glowing debris, "sparkling with these collisions" -- similar to twinkling holiday lights.

From Science Daily

Over time, they detected slow but pronounced changes in this twinkling behavior, known as scintillation.

From Science Daily

The Christmas lights are still twinkling in the town, but several bars closed their doors out of respect.

From Barron's