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as in gleaming
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as in merry
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as in glowing
to give off sparks
while fireworks that sparkle may be entertaining to look at, they can be highly dangerous when used indoors
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as in glittering
to shoot forth bursts of light
the crystal sparkled in the sunlight
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sparkling
Adjective
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The difference is subtle, but the fine filter creates milk that's a bit bubblier than the ultrafine filter.—
Jaina Grey,
WIRED,
12 Jan. 2025 -
But concerts also start feeling poppier and bubblier in springtime, perhaps in anticipation of the even warmer, wilder and grander music events of festival-frenzied summertime.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
24 Mar. 2024
Adjective
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Now Quentin and his merry band of murderous gays are dead by her hand, presumably leaving Greg to enjoy an undivided inheritance of $500 million.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
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In the Hollywood version, Julie Andrews plays the adorable Maria opposite Christopher Plummer’s dashing captain, leading their merry band of children out of Austria on the cusp of the Second World War.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
15 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Massive smoke plumes filled the sky around the Palisades fire as families evacuated not far from hillsides glowing with orange.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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When a comet approaches the Sun, the heat causes the ice in the nucleus to sublimate (turn directly from solid to gas), creating a glowing halo of gas and dust around the nucleus called the coma.—
Jess Thomson,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The director wanted to write a role for Pearson that reflected the actor’s range and his effervescent charm.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 Jan. 2025
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There are a number of love stories here — Joe and Sugar figuring out if romance can conquer deception, Joe and Jerry testing their lifelong bond in the face of major personal change, and Daphne rebuffing and then reconsidering the effervescent millionaire Osgood (Edward Juvier).—
Chad Jones,
The Mercury News,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Start with this radiant full-band take, featuring a yearning lead vocal and a jaunty whistling solo.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
12 Feb. 2025
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From effortlessly radiant soft glam, to bold, high-shine lips, the girls understood the assignment.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Much like watching people paddle a boat, watching people carry heavy objects is not the most scintillating television.—
Emma Sharpe,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2024
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The 120th World Series offers one of the most scintillating matchups in recent memory.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN,
25 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Graham inspired a swath of copycats and might have contributed to Reid’s image as a jovial, likable guy as much as Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and all his team’s on-field success.—
Sean Gregory,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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While there have been jovial interactions between U.S. and Chinese citizens on RedNote, there are still concerns about censorship by the ruling Chinese Communist Party, which has tight control over the country's media.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
Verb
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During the coronavirus pandemic, Americans faced economic hardship and instability, sparking the federal government to send out several rounds of stimulus checks.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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View 12 Images View gallery - 12 images In June 1974, the offices of the Summa Corporation in LA were broken into, sparking the revelation of one of the oddest and boldest stories in the history of espionage.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Sparkling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sparkling. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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