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sparkling

[ spahrk-ling ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

shining with flashing points or gleams of reflected light, as the ocean or a faceted gemstone.
(of liquids) effervescent; carbonated; fizzy:
sparkling water.
brilliant, lively, or vivacious:
sparkling conversation.

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First recorded in 1350–1400; sparkl(e) ( def ) + -ing ²( def )

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All Champagne is sparkling wine but not all sparkling wine is Champagne.

Armed with a breakfast burrito and sparkling Mimosa, we strongly disagree.

And he has remained perpetually ready for whatever else might arise, keeping his truck as sparkling as his persona.

Her bones stick up from the ground, and water has sealed them with a sparkling calcite coating.

I opened my eyes as the screen brightened with waves of sparkling water.

Bang went the fragile bulb, as it splintered into a thousand atoms, and the mercury shot in sparkling globules over the table.

Her beauty seemed fresh made; he thought of a wild rose washed by the dew and sparkling in the sunlight.

His features were handsome, and he had the yellow hair of the northern race, and blue and sparkling eyes.'

These short studies reflect every phase of Voltaire's sparkling genius.

When Sir Lucien reappeared she ran to him excitedly, her charming face flushed and her eyes sparkling.

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