Example Sentences

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Big Ben will chime again this summer, after a major five-year restoration.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2022

Hockey fans know it’s Alex Ovechkin, and Wizards/Bullets fans will chime in with Wes Unseld.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022

When he reprises a familiar bit at his concerts, fans will chime in with the punchline.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2022

And maybe someone will chime in and remember, too, how it felt to drink a Diet Coke beneath the sculpture of a shark bursting from the wall, chomping on a surfboard.

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2020

The writer must find for him words that will chime with the tensity and dramatic value of the situation.

From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders