tinkle
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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
But what if those bells are right outside your bedroom window day and night, and rather than tinkle gently, clang loudly around the necks of 20 or 30 cows?
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2023
At last, with a quiet tinkle, she gave up.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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
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
Natalie realises she needs to open her heart and in come those tell-tale piano tinkles.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2019
"And high above the putrid corpse a crystal chandelier is tinkling. It tinkles and twinkles, but not one breath of air stirs in that gloomy tomb of a room."
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
“He loved it. Coach Wooden would be tinkled pink. He loved Ann Meyers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
And, music to my little ears, ice cubes tinkled cocktail glasses to the tune of Perry Como singing “Silent Night.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021
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
Glass tinkled; she felt the impact afterward, the firm, cool glass, breaking through.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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
The gentle tinkling of cowbells is a sound almost everyone associates with Switzerland.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2023
Hana's morning grumpiness, Edel always getting in trouble, Valerie's tinkling laugh, walking the grounds with Padma, and sharing secrets with Amber.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
