The icicles sparkled like diamonds in the sunlight.

Meaning: This sentence is describing how the icicles were shining very brightly in the sun.

Choice of Words: Icicles are pieces of ice that hang down from something, usually a roof or a tree branch. Sparkled means to shine with tiny flashes of light. Diamonds are precious stones that are very hard and shiny. Sunlight is the light from the sun. When you put them together, you can imagine how beautiful the icicles looked in the sun.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Icicles sparkled like diamonds on the roof.
• Icicles sparkled like diamonds.
• Icicles hung, sparkling like diamonds.
• Icicles sparkle like diamonds.
• Icicles sparkled like jewels.
• Icicles sparkle, diamonds hanging from eaves.
• Icicles hung, eaves, sparkled, sun.
• The snow sparkled like diamonds in the sunlight.
• The sunlight sparkled on the dew drops like diamonds.
• The sunlight sparkled like diamonds on the water.