tinkle
verb (used without object)
to give forth or make a succession of short, light, ringing sounds, as a small bell.
had tinkled
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past perfectof tinkle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Keeonekh would slide out upon the ice shelf, and hump his back, and begin to eat almost before the last bubble had tinkled behind him.
From Secret of the Woods by William Joseph Long
He hadn't stirred since his first, involuntary and almost imperceptible start, and before the last fragment of splintered glass had tinkled on the floor above, he was calming her in the most matter-of-fact manner.
From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Louis Joseph Vance
Guitars had tinkled against them in vain, and they had withstood the stress and storm of love tokens.
From Susy, a story of the Plains by Bret Harte
And oh, how her laugh had tinkled then, and how he loved her when she laughed.
From A Choice of Miracles by Virgil Finlay
A little bell had tinkled sharply, and a light had flashed up on the attachments to the apparatus.
From The Dream Doctor by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
