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

One by one, they dropped into a tin can with a dull plink, and the surgeon then began sewing up the wound.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong