to sparkle
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- verb
- /ˈspɑrkəl/
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centellear
- The diamond ring began to sparkle in the light, captivating everyone's attention.
Instead of them melting in the sunlight, they're going to sparkle, right?
- Instead of them melting in the sunlight, they're going to sparkle, right?
- And your gift won't just stun when she unwraps it, it'll sparkle for years to come.
- She is sparkling like a Christmas tree, like a little Christmas tree.
- It has hints of warm brown as always and sparkles as always and just glam as always.
- It has to shine, bling, catch the attention, sparkle.
Examples
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Thousands of tiny white lights sparkle along the walls of the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Fiction book (1990) -
The fresh snow on the road and the trees sparkled under the beam of the headlight.
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And the way that they glitter and sparkle is so beautiful.
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My eyes are like, the mascara is intense, but I feel like it just made my eyes sparkle a little bit.
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They flash and sparkle and glow with their own living light.
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They're not real diamonds, but they sure do sparkle.
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The desert sun made ordinary objects sparkle and pulse on the windshield.
Fiction book (1993) -
The sky was a clear blue, and the sea sparkled with golden flecks of sunlight.
Fiction book (1994) -
And your gift won't just stun when she unwraps it, it'll sparkle for years to come.
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The yellowish-green crust on the boulders at the edge of the pool sparkled in the golden sunlight.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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To send out or reflect light and look bright
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To give a sudden short bright light
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4.3
To shine with a soft, slightly moving light
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4.1
Shine with a soft light, like when wet or polished
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1.5
To shine with small quick flashes of light, often in eyes or stars
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3.9
To shine briefly with a small flash as light bounces off something
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4.0
Shine or sparkle when light hits them
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8.5
To give off small bright flashes of light
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7.4
To shine as if covered with small shiny pieces
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9.9
To flash or sparkle with bright light
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8.8
To shine with small bright flashes
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sparkle builds on the word spark, meaning a small flash of fire, with an idea of sending out those tiny flashes. So, to sparkle is to shine or glitter with quick bright flashes.