1721 examples of twinkled in sentences

His black hair curled crisply about an expanded forehead; his eyes, softly brown, twinkled with varying expression, though the prevalent expression was sad; and the nose, slightly curved, and delicately carved at the nostril, with the lower outline of the face delicately oval, completed a head which was finely placed upon the shoulders, and gave importance and even dignity to a diminutive and shadowy stem.

His eyes how they twinkled; his dimples how merry!

" Ahead of them a few lights twinkled feebly, sometimes visible and then hidden again as they rode over the rolling hillocks.

The only other light he saw twinkled far down the lane.

"How could I know anybody was hiding up there?" demanded Jerry, in pretended ignorance, though his eyes twinkled with humor as he watched the bully limping around and still rubbing his knee.

" Her eyes twinkled approval upon me, I thought.

All this Tom Chist could see in the moonlight that glinted and twinkled upon the gilt buttons of his coat.

He cut the string, and with trembling, shaking hands handed the bag to Tom, who, in an ecstasy of wonder and dizzy with delight, poured out with swimming sight upon the coat spread on the ground a cataract of shining silver money that rang and twinkled and jingled as it fell in a shining heap upon the coarse cloth.

an' there was one on her nose, too,a big one, that shone awful' bright,twinkled, you know.

" Daggett rolled the tobacco over his tongue, and his eyes twinkled with a sort of leer, which indicated that the fellow was not without some humour.

She began to laugh; mysterious lights danced and twinkled in her eyes.

The Westerner's eyes twinkled with amusement.

And by the way, Kitty, an idea comes into my head," and as she said this, the old lady's eyes twinkled, and a little smile stole over the lower part of her wrinkled face.

Coulter had not recovered his nerve, and the next batter got a safe hit into right field, while Danny Griswold's short legs fairly twinkled as he scudded down to third and then tore up the dust in a mighty effort to get home on a single.

" The old Doctor's eye twinkled; once in a while he had his little touch of humor.

You have done it yourself, I daresay?" The gaunt man smiled demurely, and the keen eyes twinkled in his flayed face.

The doctor's eyes twinkled as they rested a moment on his youngest nephew.

The doctor's eyes twinkled a little.

" Mrs. Wayne's eyes twinkled.

When dictating a sum in which he attributed to himself enormous wealth, his eyes twinkled, his slender body struck a dignified attitude, and he smiled over the class with a certain genial condescension.

" Willet's own eyes twinkled as he spoke, and he saw also that there was a light in those of the big Dutchman.

Anyhow, what difference does it make how old a lady is, if she is pretty?" Mrs. Weston's eyes twinkled.

A yellow star, close to the eastern horizon, twinkled faintly and then disappeared.

'Twas a sunshiny day, and while St. Piran chuckled the sea twinkled all over with the jest.

For a full two minutes there was absolute silence, while the bayonets in the opposite trenches twinkled with tenfold intent.

1721 examples of  twinkled  in sentences