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Definition of twinkling in English: twinklingadjective ˈtwɪŋk(ə)lɪŋˈtwɪŋklɪŋˈtwɪŋklɪŋ 1Shining with a gleam that changes from bright to faint. Example sentencesExamples - There we were in the desert of Rajasthan, sitting on a castle rampart, just us and a myriad stars twinkling furiously.
- Except for the lovely outdoor night scene for Juliet's funeral, with its twinkling stars, some updating might be good.
- Soon the entire city was covered in snow and twinkling lights.
- His golden hair looked much like the stars twinkling in the night sky.
- Bizarrely, to my left, the sky was still midnight blue and twinkling with stars.
- A short, vigorously cheerful woman in a twinkling red dress walked about, greeting each person.
- Dew glistened in the grass on the side of the road like little twinkling diamonds in the rough.
- Any number of specters could be floating in the cold, thin air or cavorting among icily twinkling stars.
- The set recreates a little town in southern France, in which twinkling stars can be seen during night scenes.
- Others with a different signal seem to be blinking, twinkling.
- Ah, the romance of twinkling lights in the distance.
- I strolled around the windward side and looked out at the twinkling lights abreast Rayong.
- What they ignore is the story hidden behind the twinkling lights.
- Stand her in the middle of a darkened Victorian dining room draped with holiday greenery, a Christmas tree twinkling in the corner.
- On Saturday night, after enjoying the campfire, we noticed a few stars twinkling through the hazy sky.
- The camera pans across a galaxy of stars and planets, novae, and nebulae twinkling in the blackness.
- At dusk, as darkness is falling, small red or yellow lights are twinkling in the dark-blue autumn mist.
- Small candles were tactically nestled amongst the branches to be lit at night, representing the twinkling stars of the heavens.
- Devlin scanned the valley below him, enjoying the twinkling of the city's lights.
- There wasn't a soul in sight, only the bright stars twinkling above.
- 1.1 (of a person's eyes) sparkling, especially with amusement.
twinkling eyes, happy smiles Example sentencesExamples - The man grins at you, his eyes twinkling.
- Or, a Christmas tree made from hundreds of twinkling lights is a great feature on any patio.
- The boy looked up, his dark blue eyes twinkling with amusement.
- Marlo shrugged away, trying to mask his smile with a scowl, which only resulted in a tight-lipped frown, eyes twinkling.
- She looks at Ryan, her brown eyes twinkling with amusement.
- He was sitting in the middle of the pavement, with his twinkling eyes staring at me expectantly.
- Aunt Margaret came out of the tailor shop just moments later, her eyes twinkling with some sort of secret knowledge.
- Most of them were watching me with a twinkling amusement in their eyes.
- According to Miranda he told her the story " with twinkling eyes ".
- Two pairs of eyes locked together, both sets of eyes twinkling with the deepest of emotions.
- He grinned at her answer with his eyes twinkling.
- I can see her reddish-blonde hair, her slender figure and her sooty lashes blinking above slitted, twinkling green eyes.
- Steven glanced at me, his eyes once again twinkling.
- I saw all of biblical history in the twinkling of an eye.
- Fortunately for the command climate of the 1st Pursuit Group, the witty operations officer with twinkling eyes buffered Atkinson's dourness.
- Hoss grinned as she put a finger to her lips, her eyes twinkling.
- She stared into my eyes for a moment, twinkling with personal satisfaction.
- Yet his vague unwillingness to discuss specific strategies suggests that these aspirations will merely remain a twinkling in Mr Simpson's eye.
- Red eyes cut across to look at her evilly and she simply smiled, blue eyes twinkling up at him.
- Once they were inside, Elizabeth released Darcy's arm and turned to him, eyes twinkling with mischief.
Phrases in a twinkling (or the twinkling of an eye) In an instant; very quickly. I'll have supper ready in a twinkling Example sentencesExamples - He could flip in a twinkling.
- But in a twinkling Tipp had wiped it out.
- But like all one-day matches, a brilliant catch or run out, or a fast innings can change matters in a twinkling and today's match should be no exception.
- In a twinkling, the broad, tall figure was reduced to thin, glassy shards that dissolved in the air.
- Our fears that learners would starve was wiped out in a twinkling of an eye.
- The Seagulls had three goals on the board in a twinkling, running to an 18-point lead before the Rebels finally scored just before the break.
- In a twinkling, the ball was swept to the onrushing Kieran Lewis.
- And, in a twinkling, the two largest girls had joined hands and made a sedan-chair for Tate, and the entire party was hurrying on after Jenny.
- They stand there, radiating photons of goodwill, and despite yourself, you beam back, and the world, in a twinkling, changes.
- They switch between parts in a twinkling, and alternate savvily between lead singers and backup.
Synonyms (very) soon, in a second, in a minute, in a moment, in a trice, in a flash, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in (less than) no time, in no time at all, before you know it, before long, shortly, in a very short time, any second (now), any minute (now) North American momentarily informal in a jiffy, nanosecond, in two shakes (of a lamb's tail), before you can say Jack Robinson, in a sec, in the blink of an eye, in a blink, in the wink of an eye, in a wink, before you can say knife British informal in a tick, in two ticks, in a mo, sharpish North American informal in a snap dated directly
Definition of twinkling in US English: twinklingadjectiveˈtwɪŋklɪŋˈtwiNGkliNG 1Shining with a gleam that changes from bright to faint. Example sentencesExamples - His golden hair looked much like the stars twinkling in the night sky.
- The camera pans across a galaxy of stars and planets, novae, and nebulae twinkling in the blackness.
- What they ignore is the story hidden behind the twinkling lights.
- Soon the entire city was covered in snow and twinkling lights.
- Any number of specters could be floating in the cold, thin air or cavorting among icily twinkling stars.
- Devlin scanned the valley below him, enjoying the twinkling of the city's lights.
- A short, vigorously cheerful woman in a twinkling red dress walked about, greeting each person.
- The set recreates a little town in southern France, in which twinkling stars can be seen during night scenes.
- Stand her in the middle of a darkened Victorian dining room draped with holiday greenery, a Christmas tree twinkling in the corner.
- There wasn't a soul in sight, only the bright stars twinkling above.
- On Saturday night, after enjoying the campfire, we noticed a few stars twinkling through the hazy sky.
- Small candles were tactically nestled amongst the branches to be lit at night, representing the twinkling stars of the heavens.
- Ah, the romance of twinkling lights in the distance.
- Dew glistened in the grass on the side of the road like little twinkling diamonds in the rough.
- Except for the lovely outdoor night scene for Juliet's funeral, with its twinkling stars, some updating might be good.
- There we were in the desert of Rajasthan, sitting on a castle rampart, just us and a myriad stars twinkling furiously.
- At dusk, as darkness is falling, small red or yellow lights are twinkling in the dark-blue autumn mist.
- Bizarrely, to my left, the sky was still midnight blue and twinkling with stars.
- Others with a different signal seem to be blinking, twinkling.
- I strolled around the windward side and looked out at the twinkling lights abreast Rayong.
- 1.1 (of a person's eyes) sparkling, especially with amusement.
twinkling eyes, happy smiles Example sentencesExamples - Or, a Christmas tree made from hundreds of twinkling lights is a great feature on any patio.
- I saw all of biblical history in the twinkling of an eye.
- According to Miranda he told her the story " with twinkling eyes ".
- The man grins at you, his eyes twinkling.
- Once they were inside, Elizabeth released Darcy's arm and turned to him, eyes twinkling with mischief.
- I can see her reddish-blonde hair, her slender figure and her sooty lashes blinking above slitted, twinkling green eyes.
- Hoss grinned as she put a finger to her lips, her eyes twinkling.
- She stared into my eyes for a moment, twinkling with personal satisfaction.
- Fortunately for the command climate of the 1st Pursuit Group, the witty operations officer with twinkling eyes buffered Atkinson's dourness.
- Most of them were watching me with a twinkling amusement in their eyes.
- Aunt Margaret came out of the tailor shop just moments later, her eyes twinkling with some sort of secret knowledge.
- Red eyes cut across to look at her evilly and she simply smiled, blue eyes twinkling up at him.
- He grinned at her answer with his eyes twinkling.
- The boy looked up, his dark blue eyes twinkling with amusement.
- Yet his vague unwillingness to discuss specific strategies suggests that these aspirations will merely remain a twinkling in Mr Simpson's eye.
- He was sitting in the middle of the pavement, with his twinkling eyes staring at me expectantly.
- Marlo shrugged away, trying to mask his smile with a scowl, which only resulted in a tight-lipped frown, eyes twinkling.
- Two pairs of eyes locked together, both sets of eyes twinkling with the deepest of emotions.
- She looks at Ryan, her brown eyes twinkling with amusement.
- Steven glanced at me, his eyes once again twinkling.
Phrases in a twinkling (or the twinkling of an eye) In an instant; very quickly. I'll have supper ready in a twinkling Example sentencesExamples - But in a twinkling Tipp had wiped it out.
- In a twinkling, the broad, tall figure was reduced to thin, glassy shards that dissolved in the air.
- Our fears that learners would starve was wiped out in a twinkling of an eye.
- He could flip in a twinkling.
- They stand there, radiating photons of goodwill, and despite yourself, you beam back, and the world, in a twinkling, changes.
- They switch between parts in a twinkling, and alternate savvily between lead singers and backup.
- But like all one-day matches, a brilliant catch or run out, or a fast innings can change matters in a twinkling and today's match should be no exception.
- The Seagulls had three goals on the board in a twinkling, running to an 18-point lead before the Rebels finally scored just before the break.
- In a twinkling, the ball was swept to the onrushing Kieran Lewis.
- And, in a twinkling, the two largest girls had joined hands and made a sedan-chair for Tate, and the entire party was hurrying on after Jenny.
Synonyms soon, very soon, in a second, in a minute, in a moment, in a trice, in a flash, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in no time, in less than no time, in no time at all, before you know it, before long, shortly, in a very short time, any second, any second now, any minute, any minute now
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