- present tense form of chime (3rd person singular).
chimes
Example Sentences
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Professional scientific activities and information and communications did well, which chimes with a lot of strong investment news, verging on boom territory in the UK AI and tech sector, nicknamed "Britmaxxing".
From BBC • May 14, 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
If we had wind chimes, it would’ve been a Lollapalooza monsoon of surly zephyrs all the livelong night.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
Voxy smiles and the door chimes for the first floor.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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