tinkling
Example Sentences
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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
At its most on-the-nose, “Lurker” repeatedly plays the same song: the tinkling 1960’s R&B ballad “I’m Your Puppet.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2025
“On the walls? Dragon,” shouted the wizard called Horace, as, with a deafening grinding and tinkling, the chandelier screwed itself back into the ceiling.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
