What part of speech is sparkling?

Sparkling can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. sparkling is a verb, gerund of sparkle (infinitive).
  • 2. sparkling is a noun.
  • 3. sparkling is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more sparkling
    most sparkling
  • Positive: sparkling 
  • Comparative: more sparkling
  • Superlative: most sparkling

What does sparkling mean?

Definitions

Adjective

sparkling - used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water"
sparkling - shining with brilliant points of light like stars; "sparkling snow"; "sparkling eyes"

Verb

sparkling - Present participle of sparkle.

Noun

sparkling - Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
sparkling - A sparkling wine .

Examples of sparkling

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Sparkling wines.
2. adj. Sparkling water.
3. adj. Sparkling snow.
4. adj. Sparkling eyes.
5. adj. My husband likes to have a drink in the evening. He drinks 6 or more bottles of sparkling wine and 5 or 6 bottles of warm sake. Sometimes he has a day where he doesn't drink, but it has never lasted for more than two days.
6. adj. A glass of sparkling water, please.
7. adj. I like sparkling and fruity wines.
8. adj. Most would acknowledge that he was a sparkling young man.
9. adj. The basic idea of Esperanto is the humanist concept of creating a joyful world where life is a pleasure. A world in which travelling is a sparkling delight full of discoveries.
10. adj. You are sparkling.
11. adj. I saw the great prophet with my own eyes. He had eyes like sparkling stars, and a beard like foaming water.
12. adj. When it was winter, and the snow lay all around, white and sparkling, a hare would often come jumping along, and spring right over the little Fir Tree. Oh! this made him so angry.
13. adj. Her eyes are sparkling with joy.
14. adj. He was a very tall, thin man, with a long nose like a beak, which shot out between two keen, grey eyes, set closely together and sparkling brightly from behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.
15. adj. Therewith the royal sceptre, which of yore / Ilione, Priam's eldest daughter, bore; / her shining necklace, strung with costly beads, / and diadem, rimmed with gold and studded o'er / with sparkling gems. Thus charged, Achates heeds, / and towards the ships forthwith in eager haste proceeds.
16. noun He had a sparkle in his eye.
17. noun I count the sparkle of constellations to foretell the future of my love.
18. noun Add A Sparkle Trail To A Photo.
19. noun The stars sparkle like diamonds.
20. noun The white, snowy cloths, the rich window-hangings, the warm tints of the walls, the sparkle of the fire in the steel grate, gave the room an air of elegance and cheerfulness.
21. noun Her eyes sparkle with joy.
22. noun Layla had a certain sparkle about her.
23. noun “It still gives me goosebumps when you fit a dog, and he maybe has never taken a step in his life, or he has been injured for months, and is just starting to gain his mobility -- that joy you see, that smile, that sparkle, that wagging of their tail,” Campana says with a smile.
24. noun A smile flitted across her face, and her eyes began to sparkle.
25. noun But under all her sparkle there was a strongly felt undercurrent of true, womanly sympathy and kind-heartedness which won affection as easily as her brilliancy won admiration. Nor did she monopolize the conversation. She could draw others out as skillfully and fully as she could talk herself.
26. noun Tom had a sparkle in his eye.
Sentence  
adj.
Sparkling wines.
Sparkling water.
Sparkling snow.
Sparkling eyes.
My husband likes to have a drink in the evening. He drinks 6 or more bottles of sparkling wine and 5 or 6 bottles of warm sake. Sometimes he has a day where he doesn't drink, but it has never lasted for more than two days.
A glass of sparkling water, please.
I like sparkling and fruity wines.
Most would acknowledge that he was a sparkling young man.
The basic idea of Esperanto is the humanist concept of creating a joyful world where life is a pleasure. A world in which travelling is a sparkling delight full of discoveries.
You are sparkling.
I saw the great prophet with my own eyes. He had eyes like sparkling stars, and a beard like foaming water.
When it was winter, and the snow lay all around, white and sparkling, a hare would often come jumping along, and spring right over the little Fir Tree. Oh! this made him so angry.
Her eyes are sparkling with joy.
He was a very tall, thin man, with a long nose like a beak, which shot out between two keen, grey eyes, set closely together and sparkling brightly from behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.
Therewith the royal sceptre, which of yore / Ilione, Priam's eldest daughter, bore; / her shining necklace, strung with costly beads, / and diadem, rimmed with gold and studded o'er / with sparkling gems. Thus charged, Achates heeds, / and towards the ships forthwith in eager haste proceeds.
noun
He had a sparkle in his eye.
I count the sparkle of constellations to foretell the future of my love.
Add A Sparkle Trail To A Photo.
The stars sparkle like diamonds.
The white, snowy cloths, the rich window-hangings, the warm tints of the walls, the sparkle of the fire in the steel grate, gave the room an air of elegance and cheerfulness.
Her eyes sparkle with joy.
Layla had a certain sparkle about her.
“It still gives me goosebumps when you fit a dog, and he maybe has never taken a step in his life, or he has been injured for months, and is just starting to gain his mobility -- that joy you see, that smile, that sparkle, that wagging of their tail,” Campana says with a smile.
A smile flitted across her face, and her eyes began to sparkle.
But under all her sparkle there was a strongly felt undercurrent of true, womanly sympathy and kind-heartedness which won affection as easily as her brilliancy won admiration. Nor did she monopolize the conversation. She could draw others out as skillfully and fully as she could talk herself.
Tom had a sparkle in his eye.

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