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.
have been chiming
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present perfect progressiveof chime.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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So they have been chiming in: Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, even the U.K.’s beleaguered Keir Starmer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Somewhere in the back of his mind bells have been chiming, and he has not known enough to call them bells.
From Contrary Mary by Temple Bailey
It seems to have been chiming ever since I came to bed.
From In Honour's Cause A Tale of the Days of George the First by Lancelot Speed
