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Meanings of twinkling in English
A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
Usage of twinkling in English
1
And the Angel of Death vanished in the twinkling of the bedpost.
2
And now in the twinkling of an eye the positions were reversed.
3
Paul regarded him suspiciously; but there was kindliness in the twinkling glance.
4
The little patch of blue in the doorway was twinkling with heat.
5
The lights of home were twinkling their farewells far in the distance.
6
And then it was just discovered in the twinkling of an eye.
7
The result was that the fellow was bowled over in a twinkling.
8
The moonlight revealed it plainly, and Merry had it in a twinkling.
9
In a twinkling, the narrow precincts of the church parvis were cleared.
10
And in the twinkling of an eye Denzil had eagerly slipped inside.
11
A sound coming out of the unknown created them in a twinkling.
12
A decade is but a twinkling in the history of a nation.
13
With the parterres of twinkling star-flowers and the expanses of verdant lawns.
14
And almost in the twinkling of an eye-lid, Clif Faraday was saved.
15
They would strip the verdure from his whole farm in a twinkling.
16
And in a twinkling she slipped out of both waist and skirt.
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Twinkling through the time
Twinkling across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common