twinkle
verb (used without object)
to shine with a flickering gleam of light, as a star or distant light.
twinkled
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past participleof twinkle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof twinkle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
twinkleverb (used without object)to shine with a flickering gleam of light, as a star or distant light.
Example Sentences
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But the dude was smiling, and his eyes twinkled like moonbeams hitting sand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
Not far from here among the towering pines, moose and deer grazing on the plentiful grasses, and lake that twinkled in the summer sun, she raised her six kids.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
Likewise, he twinkled about once having had to inform Jerome Robbins of a decision Balanchine had made that overruled Robbins: Bob described himself as having been, on that occasion, “the messenger of the gods.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Beading on the first lady’s long-sleeved, navy, off-the-shoulder column gown twinkled; light danced in the gaps between the multitude of subtle flower appliqués that composed its outer silhouette.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
It seemed to Legolas, as he strained his farseeing eyes, that he caught a glint of white: far away perchance the sun twinkled on a pinnacle of the Tower of Guard.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
