tinkle

Example Sentences

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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

Shards of glass tinkle to the ground, and a flood of moonlight washes through the basement.

From Literature

He also wrote a poem about bells, bells, and more bells, ringing and clanging and jangling away, from tinkling sleigh bells like those of a troika, to the deep, basso tolling of funeral bells.

From Literature

The tinkling of piano keys can be heard from a single-storey workshop.

From BBC

This is not a concert in which the lead singer will occasionally tinkle the ivories for effect.

From Salon