Example Sentences

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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 Harte, Bret

In the same wood a stream had tinkled over silver rocks, and Dan, lying upon the bank of moss, had bathed his face and hands in the clear water.

From The Battle Ground by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

A little bell had tinkled sharply, and a light had flashed up on the attachments to the apparatus.

From The Dream Doctor by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

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 Long, William Joseph

When he lifted it again the clock on the mantel-piece had tinkled once.

From The Conquest of Canaan by Tarkington, Booth