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US
/ˈspɑɹkəɫɪŋ, ˈspɑɹkɫɪŋ/
]
[ UK /spˈɑːklɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /spˈɑːklɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
ADJECTIVE
-
shining with brilliant points of light like stars
sparkling eyes
sparkling snow -
used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide
sparkling water
sparkling water
sparkling wines
How To Use sparkling In A Sentence
- I looked up into the sparkling eyes of a heavyset man with gray, unkempt hair and a white goatee.
- Rubiochico,) "which was fast swamping the sparkling stars, like a bright river flowing over diamonds, when the old gander again set up his gabblement and trumpeted more loudly than before. Tom Cringle's Log
- And a bowl of juicy ripe fruit was placed on the table and a bottle of sparkling wine was chilling nicely in the silver cooler.
- It is up to you to decide whether sparkling stop-motion animation, catchy music, and a hearty dose of dry British humor is enough to overcome an uninvolving allegorical plot.
- One of the city's oldest pools, the Yeoville swimming pool, has received a sparkling, multi-toned blue mosaic facelift.
- He kissed and tousled the young vrouws; and, if they frowned and pouted, gave them a gold rosary, or a sparkling cross, to put them in good humour again.
- Sparkling wines can also be made in a variety of ways. Thorsons Organic Wine Guide
- It is probably best to go for still rather than sparkling brands. Times, Sunday Times
- He's just been asked why, within months of becoming leader, David Cameron had donned salopettes to travel to the Arctic with huskies in a demonstration of a new leader with new values, but at a similar stage in his leadership Ed Miliband is at home in north London, new Timberland deck shoes sparkling, nowhere near the north pole but in a living room with a beautiful cream carpet the closest thing to snow. Ed Miliband ? no huskies, no north pole, but he's in for the long haul
- Restaurants differ on how many brands to offer, but most serve at least one still and one sparkling water.