sparkle
verb (used without object)
to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light.
have been sparkling
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present perfect progressiveof sparkle.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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As for the dialogue, it might have been sparkling with wit and epigram; it was nearly always drowned by interpolations from one side of the house or the other.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
