Example Sentences

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But this is one of the few songs that sound recorded with live instruments — plinking guitar and some pitter-pat percussion.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2022

Is there a more universal Los Angeles experience than hearing a wine bottle plinking and plunking as it rolls down the stairs at the Hollywood Bowl?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2022

But, then, I got teary at the mere sound of that piano plinking “Bundle of Joy” in the opening seconds of “Inside Out” when I watched it again last night.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2021

In the 1970s, when I was a teenager, the hunters in my family had bolt-action rifles for deer hunting, shotguns for birds, and pistols for home defense and plinking.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2019

These terrible thoughts are interrupted by pebbles plinking down and tumbling against my skin.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz