twinkle
verb (used without object)
to shine with a flickering gleam of light, as a star or distant light.
have twinkled
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present perfectof twinkle.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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The stars have twinkled, and gone out— Fair candles blown!
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
We might have twinkled on several days of last week, but we prefer to coruscate on last night.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890 by Various
The stars must have twinkled to see them.
From The Castle Inn by Stanley John Weyman
At the same time, she knew very well that Venables minded nothing; also, that if she had looked at him his amused eyes would have twinkled into hers.
From The Furnace by Dame Rose Macaulay
How long he had been lying there, no one might tell; a few moments more, and the last flicker of life would have twinkled mercifully out.
From Shapes that Haunt the Dusk by William Dean Howells
