Stars twinkled, night sky dark.

Meaning: This sentence is describing the stars and the night sky. The stars are twinkling, and the night sky is dark. It's like saying, The celestial bodies that appear as small, bright points of light in the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise were shining with a flickering light in the region of the atmosphere above the earth's surface that is without light.

Choice of Words: Twinkled is a verb that describes the act of shining with a flickering light. Dark is an adjective that describes the absence of light. Stars is a noun that refers to the celestial bodies that appear as small, bright points of light in the night sky. Night is a noun that refers to the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise. Sky is a noun that refers to the region of the atmosphere above the earth's surface. Putting these words together, the sentence describes the stars shining with a flickering light in the dark night sky.

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Related Expressions

• The stars twinkled brightly against the dark night sky.
• The stars twinkled in the dark night sky.
• The sparkling stars twinkled brightly in the dark night sky.
• The stars twinkled brightly in the dark night sky.
• Bright stars twinkled in dark night sky.
• Stars twinkled like diamonds in the dark night sky.
• Stars twinkled brightly in the dark night sky.
• Stars twinkled brightly against the dark night sky.
• The stars twinkled like diamonds in the dark night sky.
• Bright stars twinkled dark night sky.