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
She saw it wobble, then it tilted, then it toppled right over and fell with a tinkle on to the table-top not twelve inches from Miss Honey's folded arms.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
Each instrument cut through the air with its own vibrations — splashes, thwacks, tinkles, knocks — for a cumulative effect that was captivating to experience live.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
There’s only so many ways to make guitar tinkles.
From The Verge ● Sep. 15, 2021
We are in London, a long way from Charlottesville, and a piano tinkles nearby.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2017
After several measures of throat-clearing, the music resolves into a happy emulsion, the organ humming along beneath the main theme in the strings while a piano tinkles prettily above.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 22, 2016
Seeing all the lights and hearing all the tinkles, it’s not hard to get the impression that everyone’s winning.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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
They tinkled lightly and I could feel them twirling around each other, humming against my cheek.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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
The sound was almost musical, as if we were under a waterfall of tinkling diamonds.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
