The stars twinkled above our heads.

Meaning: This means that the stars were shining brightly in the night sky.

Choice of Words: Twinkled means to shine with a flickering light, while above means higher than something else. Together, they describe what the stars were doing in the sky.

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The stars sparkled in the sky above us.

Meaning: This sentence means that the stars were shining brightly and glittered in the sky, right over our heads.

Choice of Words: **Stars** are those shiny things in the sky that look like little points of light. **Sparkled** means that they shone brightly and glittered. **In the sky** means that they were up high, and **above us** means that they were right over where we were standing.

The celestial bodies scintillated overhead.

Meaning: This sentence means that the stars were twinkling or sparkling in the sky, right over our heads.

Choice of Words: **Celestial bodies** is a fancy way of saying stars. **Scintillated** is a fancy way of saying twinkled or sparkled. **Overhead** means that they were up high in the sky.

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