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Example Sentences

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“We went to the rehearsal and it was exciting — exactly like the show — and the piano sounded so nice. So often they have black grand pianos and it’s just ‘plink, plink’ but this one…” She sighs, remembering.

From Los Angeles Times

And the ingenious, rhythm-forward production of “Boomerang” makes her obsession sound like a village-wide celebration, with the plink of a thumb piano, flamenco-like handclaps, a thudding reggaeton bass line and a rowdy backup chorus that cheerfully supports her misplaced affections.

From New York Times

But inside this room, Parker’s audience is clearly made up of the nightlife’s most committed citizens, and once their conversations go quiet, assorted glasses and bottles continue to plink from behind the bar, sending some kind of Morse-coded announcement about verisimilitude: The jazz you are about to hear really happened somewhere.

From Washington Post

One by one, they dropped into a tin can with a dull plink, and the surgeon then began sewing up the wound.

From Literature

I couldn’t feel it, but I could see the drops plink off my body.

From Literature