Example Sentences

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Scott Joplin’s ragtime piano tinkled softly in the cafe, the greenhouse, and in a 1930s house that has been turned into the garden’s Museum of Botany & the Arts.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

She finished without incident in 1 minute, 14.30 seconds and stood alone for a few seconds as a cowbell tinkled and a television camera focused on her from a few feet away.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2022

Michael Jackson, we just sat upstairs in this office and I tinkled on the piano and we just made up a song there.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2017

A giant Christmas tree stood in the corner, music tinkled happily, and the adults milled around drinking.

From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2017

Ere long a bell tinkled, and the curtain drew up.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë