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

Rumours that Taylor Swift would turn up and tinkle the ivories were shot down by Grammy producer Ben Winston.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 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

Lenny stooped, and Doreen went flying up on to his shoulder, and her glass sailed out of her hand in a long, wide arc and fetched up against the pine paneling with a silly tinkle.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Roberts doesn’t offer much empathy for the poor, diseased critter other than a pause when Ben momentarily ponders his reflection in a pool as Adrian Johnston’s eerie synth-piano score tinkles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026

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

From The Verge ● Sep. 15, 2021

There’s a funny wink to hyper-Romantic excess when a glockenspiel tinkles above the fray at the end of the finale.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2019

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

From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2017

But before I can talk myself into heading back into the rain, the bell tinkles again.

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

Wind chimes gently tinkled through the Grand Palais, which was transformed into a snowy mountain retreat with wooden cabins, white smoke spiraling from chimneys, elegant pine trees and mounds of faux snow.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2019

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

She just looked at the clock on the wall and when it was exactly nine o’clock, she tinkled a bell that was like the one my mother used to call the servants.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz

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

"I'd just sit there most evenings, tinkling on it," he says and that curiosity led him to train as a piano tuner.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 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

Then in the whirl of dancers, I heard Cristiana’s tinkling laugh.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein