tinkle
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A heavy quiet hangs over Theofilou's farm in the absence of the bleats from the sheep and the tinkle of their bells.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
Rumours that Taylor Swift would turn up and tinkle the ivories were shot down by Grammy producer Ben Winston.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
This is not a concert in which the lead singer will occasionally tinkle the ivories for effect.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2025
But the darned toy has been blaring “Swan Lake” since “Ballerina” started and, to our annoyance, it’ll tinkle a few more times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
At last, with a quiet tinkle, she gave up.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
There’s only so many ways to make guitar tinkles.
From The Verge ● Sep. 15, 2021
Your eyes dart from package to package as the theme song from “The Little Mermaid” tinkles in the background.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
The music drones and burbles, tinkles and undulates, taking its time and lingering over instrumental stretches as if people are still willing to experience a whole album from start to finish.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2018
Gentle, sombre piano music tinkles in the background, as he sagely advises, “It’s all right to feel sad, but the pain goes away.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2018
"And high above the putrid corpse a crystal chandelier is tinkling. It tinkles and twinkles, but not one breath of air stirs in that gloomy tomb of a room."
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
She finished without incident in 1 minute, 14.30 seconds and stood alone for a few seconds as a cowbell tinkled and a television camera focused on her from a few feet away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
A bell tinkled as I pushed through the back door to Cora’s porch, propped open by an old book.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2019
A giant Christmas tree stood in the corner, music tinkled happily, and the adults milled around drinking.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 26, 2017
Cymbals clashed and triangles tinkled as translations of the chanted prayers flowed across two screens in both Arabic and Coptic.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2015
He was still upon the ground, but his arms were long, and his huge hand held me fast while the bells of his hat tinkled with the force of his exertion.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
Jefferson’s default prose is 18th-century elevator music, clear and tinkling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
I wish it sounded like tinkling bells and xylophones.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
"I'd just sit there most evenings, tinkling on it," he says and that curiosity led him to train as a piano tuner.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
Step closer and you hear the contraption appearing to breathe, a tinkling sound like wind chimes emanating from the cooling mechanism that keeps its innards colder than outer space.
From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025
That show’s Library was a monumental edifice, with towering marbled halls and tinkling fountains, like the lobby of some five-star hotel.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
