sparkle
verb (used without object)
to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light.
had sparkled
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past perfectof sparkle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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His footwork had sparkled briefly in space, but he had also lobbed a pass over the head of Max Malins when the line was beckoning and misjudged a grubber kick for Arundell.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2023
SRC head of policy Ewan MacDonald-Russell said March sales had "sparkled" compared with recent months, following the removal of nearly all Scottish Covid restrictions.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2022
He thought he could change most of a U.S. men’s national soccer team lineup that had sparkled three days earlier and still get out of Estadio Rommel Fernández with at least a point Sunday.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2021
Church-roofs, distant and rarely seen, had sparkled in the view.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2012
Her eyes had sparkled at the reckless swerving of the horses when it seemed that the next moment the back-surging crowd would be trampled into the ground.
From The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
