twinkled
past simple and past participle oftwinkle
twinkle
verb[I]
uk/ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/us/ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/(oflightor ashinysurface) toshinerepeatedlystronglythenweakly, as ifflashingon and off veryquickly:
Thelightsof thetowntwinkled in thedistance.
Thestarstwinkled in theclearsky.
Hisbrowneyestwinkled behind the gold-rimmedglasses.
Giving out light
- afire
- albedo
- beam
- bioluminescence
- burnished
- candlelit
- flicker
- gleam
- glimmer
- glitter
- glow
- illuminate
- noctilucent
- non-glare
- non-luminous
- out-glitter
- pearlescence
- reflected ray
- shine
- wink
Examplesoftwinkled
twinkled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
If hetwinkleda little more brightly at the prettier questioners, it was with the charm of one for whom flirtation was part politesse, part performance art.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I did not think that those lightstwinkledwith any very great brightness.
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A nearly celestial ceiling actually had machine generated clouds and points of light thattwinkledlike stars.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His eyes were described to be a brilliant, soul-piercing shade of blue, and usuallytwinkledwith kindness and mischief.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On the wintry mountain distant lightstwinkledand vanished; in some deep lane beyond the forest a dog barked at the cold, with a cry as fierce as a wolf's.
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