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  • verb Present participle of spangle.

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Examples

  • We were still stationary in the driveway, the sunlight spangling inside the oak canopy overhead.

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • We were still stationary in the driveway, the sunlight spangling inside the oak canopy overhead.

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • With no collar, no buttons, and as much beading, spangling, or sequins as they can get on so that it looks, you know, special? yeah.

    Archive 2008-10-01 kittenpie 2008

  • The streets stretched out in ribbons of black and white, bits of snow spangling the darkness.

    Sparks Laura Bickle 2010

  • With no collar, no buttons, and as much beading, spangling, or sequins as they can get on so that it looks, you know, special? yeah.

    I Am By Turns Ranty, Bitchy, and Delighted This Weekend kittenpie 2008

  • The streets stretched out in ribbons of black and white, bits of snow spangling the darkness.

    Sparks Laura Bickle 2010

  • Downtown Bien Hoa is a spangling of many lights—beacons, drifting crowds and cries, figures darting—men, women, girls, bikes, and children.

    GIRL BY THE ROAD AT NIGHT DAVID RABE 2010

  • When he lets them fly, they soar and swoop in circles, their shadows flickering on brick walls and spangling the concrete.

    In New York, Pigeon Keepers Flock Together 2010

  • Downtown Bien Hoa is a spangling of many lights—beacons, drifting crowds and cries, figures darting—men, women, girls, bikes, and children.

    GIRL BY THE ROAD AT NIGHT DAVID RABE 2010

  • We were still stationary in the driveway, the sunlight spangling inside the oak canopy overhead.

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

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