1721 examples of twinkle in sentences

He did not merely twinkle this time.

The long, thin, erect, bearded man was unmistakable, with a typically Scots face lit up with the humorous twinkle one came to know so well.

His eyes met Undine's with their old twinkle, and their expression encouraged her to murmur: "Of course there are times when I'm very lonely.

But this afternoon Mr. SHORTT curtly statedwith a twinkle in his eyethat the sentries disclaimed all knowledge of the ladies.

"All I could do," added Mr. Crayon, with that rich twinkle in his eye,"all I could do was to take my tail between my legs and slink away in the smallest possible compass.

"Pray, what was it that you did to help the business forward?" asked the bishop, with a twinkle in his eye, whilst Mr. Clay's stiff black hair nearly curled with horror at the thought of a low-class person like Oily Dave having anything to do with making the marriage of his client, the Earl of Compton.

"Neither, I'm thinking," said John, with a twinkle in his eye.

No little Gradgrind had ever seen a face in the moon; no little Gradgrind had ever learnt the silly jingle, "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are"; each little Gradgrind having at five years old dissected the Great Bear, and driven Charles's Wain like a locomotive engine-driver.

No little Gradgrind had ever seen a face in the moon; no little Gradgrind had ever learnt the silly jingle, "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are"; each little Gradgrind having at five years old dissected the Great Bear, and driven Charles's Wain like a locomotive engine-driver.

There was a twinkle of mischief that he had to go back-five years, anyhow, to remember the like of.

Taking them each by a hand, she led them into a large room, on whose panels they could see the faint twinkle of the tall gilded frames, and the darker indication of the old portraits, in which that interesting house abounds.

My Work-Play Book for Tags and Twinkle.

MY WORK-PLAY BOOK FOR TAGS AND TWINKLE.

SEE MY WORK-PLAY BOOK FOR GOOD TIMES ON OUR STREET MY WORK-PLAY BOOK FOR TAGS AND TWINKLE.

MY WORK-PLAY BOOK FOR TAGS AND TWINKLE; a preparatory book, by Arthur I. Gates, Miriam Blanton Huber, Celeste Comegys Peardon & Frank Seely Salisbury.

MY WORK-PLAY BOOK FOR TAGS AND TWINKLE.

MY WORK-PLAY BOOK FOR TAGS AND TWINKLE.

MY WORK-PLAY BOOK FOR TAGS AND TWINKLE.

She is the dearest old lady you ever met, Mammawitty and quaint and downright, with an immense chicgrey hair brushed up into the most elaborate coiffure, jet black eyes with the wickedest twinkle in them, and a strong cleft in a double chin.

After each speech of self appreciation he would look round the table in a triumphant challenging way, and say, "Say, senator, isn't that so?" and the dear senator, with a twinkle in his grey eye, would reply: "Why, certainly, Governor."

" The girls at once said they would love to see some shooting and a twinkle came in one or two eyes, so I am sure they will try to get some up for us before we leave.

They treated Octavia and me with the courtesy fit for queens, and some of them told us delightful things of shootings and blood-curdling adventures, and all with a delicious twinkle in the eye, as much as to say, "We are keeping up the character of the place to please you."

She knew him only as the stiff man who got separated from his glass without complaining, and at first she put this down to forgetfulness, and did nothing, so that he could go away without drinking; but by and by, wherever he left his tumbler, cunningly concealed behind a water-bottle, or temptingly in front of a commercial, she restored it to him, and there was a twinkle in her eye.

"Fair to middling well," said Ol' Mistah Buzzard, with a twinkle in his eyes.

" Grosvenor in the dusk could not see the twinkle in Tayoga's eye, but, drawing upon fresh founts of courage and resolution, he settled himself anew to his task.

1721 examples of  twinkle  in sentences