plink
Example Sentences
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Here’s a kalimba, an African thumb piano with metal tines that plink like a music box.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2021
Right up top, her “uh uh” and “hee-hee” and “look, listen, shut up” over the doo-wop plink are funny.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2020
And so just on the day I said, “This is kind of weird, maybe plink the piano.”
From The Verge ● Dec. 4, 2019
Michaela hit a piano key, a high note, plink, plink, plink, and my hands began to go numb, disappear, like they always did when I was nervous.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2017
I went over to look at them, my footsteps echoing on the tile, and then I became aware of a measured plink plink plink, coming from the faucet of the tub.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
