chiming

Example Sentences

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“We specialize in craft lattes…we have breakfast burritos,” Marcos said, with the beaming mayor chiming in “Oh boy!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

Two pianists weave together brief musical statements—crawling, low-end figures; chiming high notes; staggered phrases; wisps of possible melodies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Mr Morgan said the hotel had to move guests to other rooms due to complaints, adding he believed it was a "reasonable request" that the chiming be stopped during limited nighttime hours.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

Not so Maps, which, as we neared San José, began chiming in with a quite complicated alternate route, designed, I assumed, to avoid freeway traffic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025

We listened for a while to the rain having its own conversation with the sea, the wind chiming in when it had something to say.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk