tinkling

Example Sentences

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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

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 • Dec. 23, 2024

Heavy gold jewelry encircled her neck and wrists and dangled from her nose and earlobes, so that every movement created a tinkling rustle of metal against metal.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023

He shook his jacket, and Meggie thought she heard a quiet, desperate tinkling.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke