The stars twinkled brightly in the night sky, like diamonds scattered across a velvet cloth.

Meaning: The stars were shining intensely in the dark sky, looking like precious stones spread out on a dark blue fabric.

Choice of Words: Stars are celestial bodies that emit light and heat due to nuclear fusion reactions in their cores. Twinkled means to shine with a flickering light. Brightly means with a lot of light. Night is the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise. Sky is the expanse of space and atmosphere above the earth.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• The stars twinkled in the night sky, like diamonds scattered across a black velvet cloth.
• The stars twinkled in the night sky, like diamonds scattered across a velvet cloth.
• The stars twinkled in the sky like diamonds scattered across a black velvet cloth.
• Stars twinkled in the night sky, like diamonds scattered across velvet.
• Stars twinkled above, like diamonds scattered across velvet sky.
• The stars twinkled like diamonds scattered across the velvet sky.
• Stars twinkled like diamonds scattered across a velvet sky.
• Stars twinkled like tiny diamonds scattered across a velvet sky.
• Stars twinkled like diamonds scattered across the velvet sky.
• Stars twinkled like diamonds scattered across velvet.