chime
noun
an apparatus for striking a bell so as to produce a musical sound, as one at the front door of a house by which visitors announce their presence.
chimed
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past participleof chime.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof chime.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
chimenounan apparatus for striking a bell so as to produce a musical sound, as one at the front door of a house by which visitors announce their presence.
Example Sentences
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It also chimed with his wider brand of politics as a former union leader: standing up to powerful figures.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Miller chimed in, “That’s the last thing you wanna do is get LeBron going here in this building.... And guess who’s playing peacemaker? Spike Lee! He’s over here playing peacemaker. Boy, I have seen everything.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Winer, whom Kao described as Navatek’s chief lobbyist, chimed in to say that Graham could stay only 45 minutes, and Kao replied that all they needed to hear was “yes.”
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
On the rare occasions when he chimed in, it wasn’t to ask Claude about the unintelligible string of equations on his screen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The doorbell chimed again: three quick, shrill buzzes.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
