Example Sentences

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The bowler must ask the striker if he or she is ready and then yell "play" as the jingling ball is delivered underarm with at least one bounce.

From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025

He would start to say a few words only to be interrupted by the sound of jingling bells.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2024

I had to go through a labyrinth of bolted doors to get to this kitchen - in the corners of the room, officers with jingling keys are looking on.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2024

In the end, it wasn’t the bell that signaled something was up, but the jingling of a court officer’s keys — a ring full of them clanking as Maj.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

I could hear his hands jingling keys and nickels and pennies.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd