chime

Example Sentences

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Each date would last two minutes — a chime would alert the men when it was time to move clockwise to the next seat.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Globally, the usual suspects were quick to chime in with the usual critiques.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

“It makes sense to chime in and provide the facts and clarifications.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 26, 2025

But curiously, and perhaps ironically, his range of interests, though in fact reprising venerable leftwing sympathies, may also chime with the sort of conservatism that values settled skills and customs—a settled pace of life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Students also can change their movements on a given signal, such as switching from a loco-motor to a non-loco-motor when they hear a drum beat or chime or when the music stops.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin