Example Sentences
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Jefferson’s default prose is 18th-century elevator music, clear and tinkling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
I wish it sounded like tinkling bells and xylophones.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
Step closer and you hear the contraption appearing to breathe, a tinkling sound like wind chimes emanating from the cooling mechanism that keeps its innards colder than outer space.
From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025
René opens the music box, and a tinkling music begins to play, the same song heard long ago in his Damascus sitting room.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024
The door opened to a complicated tinkling of bells.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
