tintinnabulation

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That poem, aptly titled “The Bells,” uses so many different words to describe the sounds made by bells that Mr. Poe evidently ran out and had to invent a new one: “tintinnabulation.”

From Literature

The bells keep ringing throughout “Up 2 Me,” the third Yeat album to land this year, but each tintinnabulation seems purposeful and precise, designed to keep our ears attentive to Yeat’s dizzying mouth melodies.

From Washington Post

Two dozen billiard balls roll on tracks, striking a series of devices that set off a tintinnabulation of bells, chimes and metallic clinks.

From Washington Post

Even as I basked in the fortune of my life, loneliness performed its gentle tintinnabulations.

From New York Times

We rarely go for a local walk without encountering a shepherd and that telltale tintinnabulation of neck-bells.

From The Guardian