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Sparkling   /spˈɑrklɪŋ/  /spˈɑrkəlɪŋ/   Listen
Sparkling

adjective
1.
Shining with brilliant points of light like stars.  "Sparkling eyes"
2.
Used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide.  Synonym: effervescent.  "Sparkling water"
noun
1.
A rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash.  Synonyms: scintillation, twinkle.


Sparkle

verb
(past & past part. sparkled; pres. part. sparkling)
1.
Reflect brightly.  Synonyms: coruscate, scintillate.
2.
Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity.  Synonyms: coruscate, scintillate.  "A scintillating conversation" , "His playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"
3.
Emit or produce sparks.  Synonym: spark.
4.
Become bubbly or frothy or foaming.  Synonyms: effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth.  "The river was foaming" , "Sparkling water"



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"Sparkling" Quotes from Famous Books



... group presented a varied scene. The girl, young, tender, was plainly animated with a strong undercurrent of excitement which thrilled her entire frame, flushing her cheeks and sparkling in her eyes. Her tender years, her inexperience with the world, her guileless mind and frank open manner had not yet prepared her for the enormity of the crime which had of a sudden been flashed full upon her. For the moment realization had given way to wonder. She ...
— The Loyalist - A Story of the American Revolution • James Francis Barrett
... a good romance should be, and it carries about it an air of distinction both rare and delightful."—Chicago Tribune. "With regret one turns to the last page of this delightful novel, so delicate in its romance, so brilliant in its episodes, so sparkling in its art, and so exquisite ...
— The Coast of Chance • Esther Chamberlain
... answered Willie, with sparkling eyes. "I'm comin' to the treat. Bob's comin' 'ome early ...
— Willie the Waif • Minie Herbert
... hair was of a chesnut brown, and nature had been extremely lavish to her of it, which she had cut, and on Sundays used to curl down her neck, in the modern fashion. Her forehead was high, her eyebrows arched, and rather full than otherwise. Her eyes black and sparkling; her nose just inclining to the Roman; her lips red and moist, and her underlip, according to the opinion of the ladies, too pouting. Her teeth were white, but not exactly even. The small-pox had left one only mark on her chin, ...
— Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 • Henry Fielding
... of St. Mael's that St. Orberosia's new shrine, shining with gold, sparkling with precious stones, and surrounded by tapers and ...
— Penguin Island • Anatole France


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