"softly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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verbo + softly
Kolokacji: 177
say softly • speak softly • laugh softly • ask softly • whistle softly • call softly • moan softly • talk softly • chuckle softly • sing softly • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 18
1. glow softly = blask delikatnie glow softly
2. gleam softly = blask delikatnie gleam softly
3. shine softly = zaświeć łagodnie shine softly
4. glimmer softly = migotanie delikatnie glimmer softly
5. glint softly = błysk delikatnie glint softly
6. twinkle softly = migotanie delikatnie twinkle softly
  • But the stars twinkled softly and there was not a cloud in the sky.
  • The white dunes down the beach gleamed like snow in the moonlight, and the distant lights of the larger hotels twinkled softly and silently beneath the black star-filled sky.
  • From Hoboken, at the river's edge on a drizzly night this week, Manhattan's skyscrapers twinkled softly around the Empire State Building, its head in the clouds.
  • They twinkled softly, like stars that had wandered down from the heav- ens and decided to stay for a while.
  • Stars twinkled softly overhead, and the night was still and at peace.
  • The third section had on its dull-metal surface lights of blue and yellow; they twinkled softly here and there over the vast area.
  • As dusk fell, stationmasters lighted blackened kerosene lanterns and left them twinkling softly in the approaching darkness.
(13) open, shut, admit
Kolokacji: 3
(14) steal, rustle
Kolokacji: 2
(17) curl, drape, wave, roll, curve
Kolokacji: 5
(18) chat, chatter
Kolokacji: 2

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