Stars twinkled brightly at night.

Meaning: Celestial bodies that emit light and heat shone with a flickering light with a lot of light at the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

Choice of Words: Stars are celestial bodies that emit light and heat, twinkled means to shine with a flickering light, brightly means with a lot of light, at is used to indicate a time or place, night is the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

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The stars were sparkling in the darkness.

Meaning: This sentence also describes the appearance of stars in the night sky. It says that the stars were shining with a lot of bright lights in the dark night sky.

Choice of Words: Stars are big balls of gas that give off light. Sparkling means to shine with a lot of bright lights. Darkness means a place or time with no light. When you put them together, "The stars were sparkling in the darkness" means that the stars were shining with a lot of bright lights in the dark night sky.

The night sky was illuminated by the twinkling stars.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the night sky looked because of the stars. It says that the night sky was lit up by the bright light of the stars that were twinkling.

Choice of Words: Night sky is the sky during the night time. Illuminated means to light up a place or object. Twinkling stars are stars that shine with a bright light that comes and goes quickly. When you put them together, "The night sky was illuminated by the twinkling stars" means that the night sky was lit up by the bright light of the stars that were twinkling.

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