tinkle

Example Sentences

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“It goes to show you: You get into a tinkle contest with a skunk, you get tinkle all over you. It’s like a manhood thing with him — as if manhood can be associated with him.”

From Salon

The tinkling of piano keys can be heard from a single-storey workshop.

From BBC

This is not a concert in which the lead singer will occasionally tinkle the ivories for effect.

From Salon

Whenever he discovers some pretty little thing, the frame momentarily transforms into a commercial for excess, with a gleaming image of his unearthed treasure floating onscreen as a heavenly glissando tinkles in the background.

From Salon

René opens the music box, and a tinkling music begins to play, the same song heard long ago in his Damascus sitting room.

From BBC