Sentence examples for managed to twinkle from inspiring English sources
But he was also playful — those blue eyes may have been jet lagged but they still managed to twinkle — and exceedingly polite.
Before "Junebug" made her an awards contender, she garnered praise for roles that never managed to give her name so much as a twinkle.
Denzel Washington, another overachiever when it comes to personal magnetism, managed to give his loutish character in "Fences" an appealing twinkle, all while hopping back and forth from the director's chair.
In a 2011 conversation with Alex Salmond, Scotland's first minister, Iain kept a twinkle in his eye even as Mr Salmond admitted that he'd never managed to get beyond the first few pages of his sci-fi novels.
With hindsight, it's difficult to understand how he managed to become so fearsome, with his cotton-mouthed, almost courtly speaking style and jowly stuffed-animal features, the twinkle in his eye perpetually giving his game away.
The Italians managed to reel in 11 seconds on the ensuing downwind run after the Kiwis, in a brief, rare twinkling of vulnerability, tore the bottom panel of their gennaker in a sail-handling maneuver.
Even when their brightest stars fail to twinkle, New Zealand still manage to shine.
With a twinkle in his eye, he adds: "It's my wish that I'll manage to shock them nevertheless".
BAA There's a twinkle in Fern's eye as she sits down to interview the former teen star, and she manages to softly tease out his definition of "making out" as well as his views on life after death.
