SPARKLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of sparkle in English

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Examples of sparkle

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The amount of rubbish around which some pearls of wisdom have sparkled is almost beyond counting.
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He always sparkles a little more freely when he does not have any responsibility.
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They are expensive, quite a lot of them do not give satisfaction and many of them are dull and must be sparkled up.
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I could have delivered it to him and sparkled with erudition and my mastery of statistics.
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Up to the war they sparkled like new pins.
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I thought they sparkled remarkably.
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Fountains at the market place splashed out wine, roast was served, and illuminations sparkled.
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Of the water he noted, it is clearly natural, and not artificial, and sparkles as clear as crystal.
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When she hopped off, sparkling lights appeared and her outfit changed a bit.
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Tinonggilan is a slightly sparkling alcoholic drink made from maize.
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The motive is pretty, and it is adequately handled, the accompanying subtitles fairly sparkling at times.
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However, some say the name comes from the glimmer of fish in the water that sparkled like silver.
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She sparkles, sizzles and infuses energy into the film.
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Shiver causes a cave-in thanks to her amazement of the gems' sparkles, which they narrowly manage to escape thanks to her.
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Despite a couple of tweaks in the writing, sparkling up the choruses a bit better during the recording, the compositions were mostly complete.
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Translations of sparkle

in Chinese (Traditional)
閃耀,閃爍, (人或表演)生氣勃勃,充滿活力, 活力,生氣…
in Chinese (Simplified)
闪耀,闪烁, (人或表演)生气勃勃,充满活力, 活力,生气…
in Spanish
brillar, centellear, brillar‎…
in Portuguese
reluzir, brilhar, brilho [masculine]…
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(光を反射して)輝く, きらきら光る, きらめく…
parlamak, parıldamak, ışıldamak…
scintiller, briller, pétiller…
brillar…
fonkeling, levendigheid, fonkelen…
glimten, funklen, gnist…
gnistrande, tindrande, livlighet…
kilauan, rancak, berkilauan…
das Funkeln, die Brillanz, funkeln…
glitre, skinne, gnistre…
виблискування, блискотіння, жвавість…
искриться, сверкать, блистать…
يَتَلألأ…
(za)jiskření, živost, jiskřit…
kilatan, keceriaan, berkilat-kilat…
แสงแวววาว, ความมีชีวิตชีวา, ส่องแสงแวววาว…
sự tóe lửa, sự lấp lánh, sự sắc sảo…
iskrzyć się, mienić się, błysnąć…
반짝이다…
brillare, scintillio, luccichio…
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