chiming

Example Sentences

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In the years that followed, whenever she popped up in the news, Trump couldn’t stop himself from chiming in.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

So they have been chiming in: Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, even the U.K.’s beleaguered Keir Starmer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Town council minutes indicate the concerns were discussed in a meeting at the end of July, during which councillors said the clock's chiming was part of the "character of the town".

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

All the alarms go off at the same time—buzzing and chiming and ringing and shrieking—all much louder than I’ve ever heard them.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass