Stars twinkled like a thousand tiny candles.

Meaning: The stars in the sky sparkled and shone like a great number of small, lit candles.

Choice of Words: Stars are celestial bodies that emit light. Twinkled is an adjective describing something that shines with a flickering or intermittent light. Thousand is a large number. Tiny means very small. Candles are wax objects with a wick that are burned to produce light.

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Related Expressions

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• Your smile lights up my world like a thousand stars.
• The fabric shimmered like a thousand stars in the night sky.
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