Example Sentences

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The only sounds are tinkling harnesses and hooves hitting rich dirt.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2013

Some buses are honking already, and a few cyclists are tinkling their bells, but the city isn't all woken up yet.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

Even as I write these words, they are becoming antiquated in the progress of events, and the chisels are tinkling on a new row of houses.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

The verses commencing "The browsing camels' bells are tinkling," and the four pages that follow the line, "Yes, love indeed is light from heaven," were all added at this time.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

The birds are singing to burst their throats in their cages; the church-bells are ringing for mass, and the goats, going from house to house to be milked, are tinkling their bells gayly.

From Dona Perfecta by Serrano, Mary J. (Mary Jane)