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SPARKLING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
Synonyms:
scintillation; sparkling; twinkle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sparkling" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
Derivation:
sparkle (reflect brightly)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide
Example:
sparkling water
Synonyms:
effervescent; sparkling
Classified under:
Antonym:
still (not sparkling)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Shining with brilliant points of light like stars
Example:
sparkling eyes
Classified under:
Similar:
starry (abounding with or resembling stars)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb sparkle
Context examples:
A thick mist was in them, intershot with sparkling points of light.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The streets were lined with beautiful houses all built of green marble and studded everywhere with sparkling emeralds.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
But in spite of the comical red imps, sparkling elves, and the gorgeous princes and princesses, Jo's pleasure had a drop of bitterness in it.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Miss Bertram did indeed look happy, her eyes were sparkling with pleasure, and she was speaking with great animation, for Julia and her partner, Mr. Crawford, were close to her; they were all in a cluster together.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
But it was so turned as to show them nothing but the rosy glow playing on the roof, the fire sparkling in a hundred repetitions along the glazed front of the presses, and their own pale and fearful countenances stooping to look in.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Beyond the veranda was a small cleared garden, bounded with cactus hedges and adorned with clumps of flowering shrubs, round which the great blue butterflies and the tiny humming-birds fluttered and darted in crescents of sparkling light.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I discovered, too, that a great pleasure, an enjoyment which the horizon only bounded, lay all outside the high and spike-guarded walls of our garden: this pleasure consisted in prospect of noble summits girdling a great hill-hollow, rich in verdure and shadow; in a bright beck, full of dark stones and sparkling eddies.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Rare aspects like this are special, so find a way to use this sparkling energy.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
"Oh that they would!" cried Marianne, her eyes sparkling with animation, and her cheeks glowing with the delight of such imaginary happiness.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
“Nay, nay, as brothers to a brother,” cried the prince, with sparkling eyes.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
