The stars twinkled brightly in the sky.

Meaning: This means that the stars shone with a flickering light and a lot of brightness in the area above the earth that you can see.

Choice of Words: Twinkled is the past tense of twinkle, which means to shine with a flickering light. Brightly means with a lot of light. In is a preposition that indicates a location or position. The is an article that refers to a specific noun, in this case, the sky. Sky is the area above the earth that you can see.

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