twinkle
verb (used without object)
to shine with a flickering gleam of light, as a star or distant light.
has twinkled
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present perfectof twinkle (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Stars and flops None of our attacking stars has twinkled as brightly as last season.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 22, 2012
And there, at the same spot, in the second northern bay, the same little lamp is still twinkling, each faint throb seemingly the last, as in memory it has twinkled for twenty years.
From Impressions and Comments by Havelock Ellis
