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
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
The surface is mostly subterfuge, especially at the beginning: the perky electroacoustic plink of the arrangement, the galloping beat and vocal harmonies of the chorus, the video clip that’s devoted to boys-will-be-boys high jinks.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2016
He listened to the plink they made when they collided.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
