Example Sentences

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Up until that point - he's been coaching for 39 years- his reputation had been sparkling.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2011

Just a few days earlier, Margaret Trudeau had been sparkling at a Hollywood party with a beau, Bruce Nevins, head of the company set up to make America fizz with French Perrier water.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was the first vacation he had allowed himself during these four years of his practice, and his eyes had been sparkling as he planned it.

From The Second Violin by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)

Both Karl and Caspar ate heartily enough,—quite as heartily as if a chandelier with its wax-lights had been sparkling over their heads.

From The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains by Reid, Mayne

"The fireflies had been sparkling and flashing lights all this time, and finally they whispered: "'Have a dance, all of you; we'll give you the light and dance too.

From Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories by Bonner, Mary Graham