Meaning: The stars emitted intermittent flashes of light in the night sky.
Choice of Words: Twinkled: Shone with a flickering or sparkling light.
Alternative Expressions
The stars sparkled up high in the sky.
Meaning: This means that the stars were shining with a lot of small, bright lights high in the sky at night.
Choice of Words: **Stars** are big balls of gas and fire that shine in the sky at night. **Sparkled** means to shine with a lot of small, bright lights. **Up high** means high in the sky. **In the sky** means in the space above the earth.
The celestial bodies illuminated the heavens with their brilliance.
Meaning: This means that the stars were shining with a lot of light in the sky at night.
Choice of Words: **Celestial bodies** are objects in space, like stars and planets. **Illuminated** means to light up something. **Heavens** means the sky. **Brilliance** means shining with a lot of light.