tinkle

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

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

The soundtrack bounced around the room, a composition featuring sounds of moving fabric, and, at one point, the tinkle of a triangle instrument – just as clothing with triangle cutouts was shown.

From Reuters ● Sep. 30, 2023

Johnny could hear the tiny tinkle, seemingly far away, of Miss Lavinia’s spinet.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

There’s only so many ways to make guitar tinkles.

From The Verge ● Sep. 15, 2021

As the New York Times critic Jon Pareles observed in his review, “The music drones and burbles, tinkles and undulates, taking its time and lingering over instrumental stretches.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2018

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

But before I can talk myself into heading back into the rain, the bell tinkles again.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

“He loved it. Coach Wooden would be tinkled pink. He loved Ann Meyers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

And, music to my little ears, ice cubes tinkled cocktail glasses to the tune of Perry Como singing “Silent Night.”

From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021

But as the Steinway tinkled and voices filled the room, vibrations rose from deep beneath the earth, like a musical giant shifting in its grave.

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2017

A giant Christmas tree stood in the corner, music tinkled happily, and the adults milled around drinking.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 26, 2017

Glass tinkled; she felt the impact afterward, the firm, cool glass, breaking through.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

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

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

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2025

The tinkling of her silver-belled anklets signal the not-to-be-missed approach of Yasmeen, who addresses my mother with the honorific “auntie,” the title accorded all mom-aged Indian women, relation or not.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed