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How to use the word twinkle in a Sentence?

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Cale does n’t want to run, he’s lost that old twinkle in his eye he used to have.

Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think public agencies are ready to move forward. These projects are much more than just a twinkle in someone's eye.

Elaine Nessle

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Northern Hemisphere's dazzlingly obvious. Northern Hemisphere doesn't twinkle like a star but has a steady light that makes Northern Hemisphere easy to spot.

Robert Massey

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We met on a dating app, i was pretty lucky when I walked in and saw him. He had a twinkle. He came as advertised — better than advertised. He overshot the mark.

Bethenny Frankel

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Unlike stars, Royal Astronomical Society won't twinkle, even when Royal Astronomical Society's low down, Royal Astronomical Society will look pretty steady, and Royal Astronomical Society will make Royal Astronomical Society stand out. You'll need a good clear southern horizon to see it.

Robert Massey

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Rafi Eitan told Fox News Leland Vittert. Eventually, the man admitted he was Adolf Eichmann. With more derring-do, Rafi Eitan and his fellow commandoes spirited Eichmann out of Argentina and brought him back to Israel where he was tried, convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. ANCIENT CLAY JAR FRAGMENT DEPICTING GROTESQUE DEITY DISCOVERED IN JERUSALEMS CITY OF DAVID At a reunion for those involved in Eichmanns capture and trial some years ago, Rafi Eitan recalled Eichmanns capturewith a twinkle in Rafi Eitan eye. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP I was 51 years younger( then), but I am able and ready to do the same thing again.

Rafi Eitan

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

A lot more work is going to be needed. For instance, this study used a method where dogs were either in the condition where the guardian hummed' Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' or they were in the condition where the owner made distressed noises, but it would be really interesting to look, across dogs, at how in one particular dog at a time, how the context affects how much they help, it would be really useful to know down the line what could we as humans do to get the effective helpful responses from dogs.

Angie Johnston

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Twinkle Twinkle little star

Twinkle Khanna

added by shafi
6 years ago

You can sense those who are shy to the interaction, you give them some cheekiness and a twinkle and they're in.

Katie Trump

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Dave is as quirky as they come, god bless him. He is having fun. When I see him, he still has that twinkle, and he still seems to be having fun with it. He doesn’t look like a depressed old guy.

Jay Leno

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Pat had the ability to bring laughter and kindness to any role. The twinkle in his Irish eyes let you know that you were in on the joke.

Phil Brock

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The moon is the reflection of your heart and moonlight is the twinkle of your love.

Debasish Mridha, M.D.

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Your smile is the twinkle of happiness. Your heart is the source of kindness. Your presence is the source of joyfulness. Your thoughts are symbols of greatness.

Debasish Mridha, M.D.

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Perhaps it was a twinkle in his eye, but Governor Pataki has said stated clearly and repeatedly that, but for our nation's arcane campaign finance laws, he could very well be a candidate for president right now.

George Pataki

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Chance does not speak essentially through words nor can it be seen in their convolution. It is the eruption of language, its sudden appearance. It's not a night twinkle with stars, an illuminated sleep, nor a drowsy vigil. It is the very edge of consciousness.

Michel Foucault

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Ae fond kiss, and then we severA farewell, and then foreverDeep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,While the star of hope she leaves himMe, nae cheerful twinkle lights me,Dark despair around benights me.

Robert Burns

added by anonymous
14 years ago

A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. 'I reckon,' he asid, with a twinkle in his eye, 'It's because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.'

Dorothea Kent

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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