Example Sentences

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The stars are twinkling just a bit more merrily today with you there to entertain the heavens.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2020

“It’s Gaelic. It means fun. When you’re singing and your eyes are twinkling, that’s craic.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2017

Belesis's own custom-made Italian leather shoes are twinkling away under the strong office lights.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2011

The lights are twinkling as brightly as ever in store windows this Christmas, but the cash registers so far are not jingling a very merry tune.

From Time Magazine Archive

His nose and cheeks are ruddy, his hair and whiskers unruly, and his red-brown eyes are twinkling.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz