chiming

Example Sentences

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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

In 1996, the Mavericks won a Grammy Award for “Here Comes the Rain,” a chiming roots-rock number from their album “Music for All Occasions,” which featured appearances by Trisha Yearwood and the accordionist Flaco Jiménez.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 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

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

In a voice like the chiming of a hundred tiny silver bells she said only, “The dead should have charity.”

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman