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tinkling

adjective as in jingling

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Example Sentences

Tessie sat blowing rings of smoke up to the ceiling and tinkling the ice in her tumbler.

At this moment the tinkling of a mule's bells, mingled with the song of the muleteer, came on the air.

Chief and most musical among these signs were the almost forgotten sounds of dropping water, and tinkling rills.

Soon he heard sleigh-bells tinkling past the window, then far down the road.

The deafening clangor soon dominated and completely drowned the isolated tinkling of the communal bell.

The ninth line is—“From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.”

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tinkling, such as: chiming, ringing, and tinkly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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