tinkle

A heavy quiet hangs over Theofilou's farm in the absence of the bleats from the sheep and the tinkle of their bells.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

This is not a concert in which the lead singer will occasionally tinkle the ivories for effect.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2025

But the darned toy has been blaring “Swan Lake” since “Ballerina” started and, to our annoyance, it’ll tinkle a few more times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025

The soundtrack bounced around the room, a composition featuring sounds of moving fabric, and, at one point, the tinkle of a triangle instrument – just as clothing with triangle cutouts was shown.

From Reuters ● Sep. 30, 2023

It was held in the deserted Headmaster’s house, and Mr. Patch-Withers’ wife trembled at every cup tinkle.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

He comes across as so clueless that the audience can barely credit him for his reporting work winning an eventual Pulitzer — he’s just soulful eyes and a cellphone ringtone that tinkles old show tunes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Each instrument cut through the air with its own vibrations — splashes, thwacks, tinkles, knocks — for a cumulative effect that was captivating to experience live.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2023

There’s only so many ways to make guitar tinkles.

From The Verge ● Sep. 15, 2021

We are in London, a long way from Charlottesville, and a piano tinkles nearby.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2017

This door has a bell that tinkles when I push it open, like the one to the tea shop.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

She finished without incident in 1 minute, 14.30 seconds and stood alone for a few seconds as a cowbell tinkled and a television camera focused on her from a few feet away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2022

But as the Steinway tinkled and voices filled the room, vibrations rose from deep beneath the earth, like a musical giant shifting in its grave.

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2017

A giant Christmas tree stood in the corner, music tinkled happily, and the adults milled around drinking.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 26, 2017

With each small wave, pebbles washed up on the beach and tinkled back down.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2015

A Salvation Army girl in her red-and-blue bonnet tinkled a bell on the corner, and when she looked at Singer he felt obliged to drop a coin into the pot beside her.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Jefferson’s default prose is 18th-century elevator music, clear and tinkling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

I wish it sounded like tinkling bells and xylophones.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026

Step closer and you hear the contraption appearing to breathe, a tinkling sound like wind chimes emanating from the cooling mechanism that keeps its innards colder than outer space.

From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025

At its most on-the-nose, “Lurker” repeatedly plays the same song: the tinkling 1960’s R&B ballad “I’m Your Puppet.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2025

She heard a gentle splash and a tinkling sound.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull