twinkle
verb (used without object)
to shine with a flickering gleam of light, as a star or distant light.
was twinkling
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past progressiveof twinkle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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You can’t imagine him having done anything criminal in his life, unless it was twinkling someone to death.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2020
The guide invited the crowd to imagine that they were looking across a desert at a mountain range on a day that was twinkling bright and clear.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
Before I closed my eyes, I observed that not a star was twinkling in the sky which seemed overcast down to the horizon.
From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Archibald Webb
I only know that when at last we emerged from our ambrosial shelter the muscles of my stomach had grown sore from the strain of laughter, and Arcturus was twinkling overhead.
From Alone by Norman Douglas
The tinted leaves were stirring gently on the boughs, and here and there an early star was twinkling in the dusky vault above me.
From The Doctor's Daughter by [pseud.] Vera
