twinkle - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • see: You see the wild twinkle in mine - I'm a dirty country lass in a fouler city.
  • have: Every blade of grass and leaf had a small twinkle as the sun started to brighten.

Object

  • star: By night, dine beneath twinkling stars at the Blue Lagoon, then party till the sun rises in Disney Village.

Adjective modifier

  • mischievous: Suddenly he turned upon me with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.
  • wicked: Neville now fixed me with a wicked twinkle in his eyes.
  • definite: Robbie had a definite twinkle in his eye after this dive.

Modifies a noun

  • toe: This all culminates in an extravaganza of a show at the end of the year letting you show off your amazing twinkle toes!

Noun used with modifier

  • wrinkle: We recommend bliss baggage handler, or for more mature skin, bliss wrinkle twinkle.
  • star: They would talk the night away watching the stars twinkle in the warm sky.
  • light: Luxuriate in the comfortable window seat and enjoy a glass of wine in the evening while you watch the lights twinkle across the water.

Preposition: in

  • sky: They would talk the night away watching the stars twinkle in the warm sky.
  • eye: Like the late Fred Jordan himself, John sings with a twinkle in the eye.

Preposition: of

  • eye: With a mere 2 hr flight time, we feel like we've switched cultures in the twinkle of an eye.

Preposition: with

  • light: A cozy log cabin twinkles with light on the banks of a placid loch.

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