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sparkle

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1. sparkle - Noun

2. sparkle - Verb

Meaning

Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.

To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.

To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.

To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.

To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.

To disperse.

To scatter on or over.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

I come from haunt of coot and her, I make s sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever. Amy Tan

From women's eyes this doctrine I derive They sparkle still the right Promethean fire They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world. William Shakespeare

He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine. Emily Brontë

Glowing coals sparkle oft. Russian Proverb

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