Example Sentences

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Three seats down, he had chimed in when the bartender asked about my bike.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

Some of the other kids had chimed in with similar inquiries and that had her flummoxed.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2022

Seemingly everybody had chimed in except the people most closely involved.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2021

That question came 10 years after the last time Thomas had chimed in during oral arguments.

From Fox News • May 4, 2020

Before the fifth ga-dong had chimed, they had filed into the dining hall in perfect order and taken their seats.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood