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Discover LudwigThe word 'twinkling' is correct and usable in written English.
It is an adjective that is used to describe a light that is flickering or sparkling. For example, "The stars twinkled in the night sky."
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twinkling
verb
Present participle of twinkle
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But then there was my dad's dear face twinkling out at me from my Twitter feed.
The egg-seller was convulsed with laughter, gold-capped teeth twinkling.
"Oh no," she says, eyes still twinkling, "it was very hard.
His Dr Larch has twinkling charm, but this is not an outstanding performance from Caine, who was much better in Hannah and Her Sisters and in Educating Rita.
The rippling black Aegean, the stars, the lights twinkling all the way down to the bay: it took my breath away.
Stars appear to rush towards me; fireflies twinkling in the Takian trees.
"It's a messed-up world," my new friend says, reclining against a backdrop of rampaging forest and assorted blues, the mainland twinkling through the fog.
He smiles and chats, his eyes twinkling.
Distant twinkling lights reflect in the river's glassy surface.
Twinkling limits the accuracy with which weapons can be aimed.
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Hell, she could be the modern-day Babs Windsor, sipping sweet sherry well into her 80s, hair as high as her heels and eyes still a-twinkling at a passing car salesman.
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