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

And so just on the day I said, “This is kind of weird, maybe plink the piano.”

From The Verge • Dec. 4, 2019

He employed an orchestra, climbed inside a piano to plink its strings with a bobby pin, and incorporated everyday sounds like keys jangling or dogs barking into the songs.

From Washington Times • Jun. 4, 2015

You could hear the plink of metal as it struck the painted wood floor.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2012

The final plink of the tune was suspended in the air expectantly, waiting for the next note that would never come.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter