The stars twinkled merrily in the sky.

Meaning: This sentence describes the stars producing flashes of light in a cheerful way in the sky.

Choice of Words: Twinkled is a verb that describes the stars' light, and merrily is an adverb that tells us how the stars were twinkling. In is a preposition that tells us where the stars were twinkling, and sky is a noun that names the thing that the stars were twinkling in.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• The stars twinkled merrily in the night sky.
• The sparkling stars twinkled merrily in the vast night sky.
• Stars twinkled merrily in the night sky.
• Stars twinkled merrily in the sky.
• Stars twinkled merrily in the vast night sky.
• Stars twinkled merrily in vast night sky.
• Stars twinkled merrily in the velvety night sky.
• Stars twinkled merrily in the dark night sky.
• Stars twinkled merrily in night's embrace.
• The stars twinkled merrily in the darkness.