Example Sentences

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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

On a chilly Wednesday morning last month, Dillon Beach was virtually silent — save for the plop-plop of sandals worn by a lone wetsuit-clad surfer walking home, and the tinkling of raindrops on Maggi’s windows.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024

Heavy gold jewelry encircled her neck and wrists and dangled from her nose and earlobes, so that every movement created a tinkling rustle of metal against metal.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023

I imagine a tinkling sound, the locket striking the glass, even though the fabric in between makes contact impossible.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz