chimes

Example Sentences

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The BBC understands that account chimes with police intelligence.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

He added, however, that the mindset also chimes with the line being put out by the authorities -- that life in Russia continues as normal, despite the war.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

“It’s a bit like asking your friend to date you,” Fennell chimes in.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Up a spiral staircase in his Nairobi workshop, surrounded by springs and stems, minute hands and hour chimes, Ravinder maintains a family tradition that spans two anti-colonial uprisings, three continents and five generations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

As the clock chimes, another ball joins the rest until at midnight he juggles twelve balls in a complex pattern.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern