sparkle

The crown jewel of India’s banking system is losing its sparkle.

Sitting in that plastic pitcher, she said, the water seemed to sparkle.

Travelers are in danger of losing the “sparkle in their eyes” if they know too much in advance.

Sascha Hertli, chief executive of Rococo Dessous, discovered the missing sparkle while a consultant in oil-rich Qatar.

I got back in shape when I moved to Los Angeles, and with that went most of my Roger Sterling sparkle.

But he took the “sparkle” just before driving Shrimpton down a narrow winding mountain road.

It warmed the heart of Marcelle, too, and made her cheeks glow and her eyes sparkle—and added a rosier color to her lips.

It certainly does not sparkle now, but it must have come of a witty stock, and have boasted a mirth-provoking pedigree.

The sunshine was hot, the snow was brilliantly white, and seemed to sparkle as if covered with diamonds.

Through the broad leaves of the trees showed the night sky, pale with moonlight and the sparkle of the stars.

But here the sparkle in the wine had died, leaving the cup that had brimmed flat and dull and only half full after all.