Star twinkle bright in night.

Meaning: Stars are emitting light and appearing to flicker in the sky during the nighttime.

Choice of Words: Star is a luminous fixed point in the night sky that is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun. Twinkle means to shine with a flickering or intermittent light. Bright means very light or shining. In indicates the location or position of something within something else. Night is the period of time between sunset and sunrise.

Alternative Expressions

Stars twinkle brightly in the night sky.

Meaning: This means that the stars are shining with a lot of light in the dark sky. It's like saying, The stars are shining with a lot of light in the sky that you can see at night.

Choice of Words: Stars is the plural form of star, which refers to the glowing balls of gas in the sky. Brightly means with a lot of light. Night sky is the sky that is visible at night. When you put them together, "Stars twinkle brightly in the night sky" is a more specific description of the stars shining in the sky at night.

The stars are twinkling brightly in the night sky.

Meaning: This means that the stars are shining with a lot of light in the dark sky. It's like saying, The specific stars that you can see are shining with a lot of light in the sky that you can see at night.

Choice of Words: The is a definite article that refers to a specific noun. Stars is the plural form of star, which refers to the glowing balls of gas in the sky. Are twinkling is the present continuous tense of the verb twinkle, which means to shine with a flickering light. Brightly means with a lot of light. Night sky is the sky that is visible at night. When you put them together, "The stars are twinkling brightly in the night sky" is a very specific description of the stars shining in the sky at night.

Related Expressions