How to Use tinkle in a Sentence

tinkle

1 of 2 verb

• The ice tinkled in the glass.
• He tinkled a small bell.
• A piano was tinkling in the background.
• But the plotting will continue, and the Jester will be there to tinkle his bells of steel.
  — James Wolcott, The Hive, 21 Feb. 2017
• The only sound breaking through the hot afternoon air comes from a snorting pair of cows in the neighbor’s yard, and tinkling wind chimes hang over the porch.
  — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2018
• There’s often a pianist tinkling away in the corner of the airy elegant room in the afternoon.
  — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2018
• Bursts of tinkling metal madness somehow mesh with the overall darkness of the slow second movement.
  — Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 12 June 2016
• In the evening, the buzz of The Promenade is back, with a pianist tinkling the ivories and an assortment of guests gathering, chatting and socialising.
  — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• As her name suggests, the fairy uses a tinkling, bell-like sound to communicate, but no one can understand her.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2023
• But as the Steinway tinkled and voices filled the room, vibrations rose from deep beneath the earth, like a musical giant shifting in its grave.
  — Ben Widdicombe, New York Times, 24 June 2017
• Chanting, tinkling bells and crashing waves swelled into my headphones at the same time as rumbling and vibrating increased on all sides of me.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
• The Spirio | r, which debuted last month on Steinway’s 166th birthday, allows users of the piano brand to record themselves tinkling the keys, and then adjust the recording themselves via the Spirio app.
  — Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2019
• Then on through the enfilade of the bishop’s handsome state rooms, and into his private sitting rooms where a pianist tinkled the ivories, and onto the broad tiled terrace that had never before been opened to the public.
  — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 11 July 2017
• For all 17 months of her life, Yarielis Paulino-Pepin has only known the warm nest of a hospital room, where gentle lullabies tinkle amid the hum, swish, and beeping of machines keeping her alive.
  — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2021
• Music tinkled in the background as the afternoon light filtered through the large picture windows, creating a gauzy glow on the leaves of the copious greenery throughout.
  — Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2023
• Dinners were often silent, interrupted only by tinkling ice in a whiskey glass.
  — Robin Antalek, Longreads, 22 Apr. 2020
• The tragic Motley Crue song about a man who kills his lover is beautifully heartbreaking, from its tinkling piano melody to the glimmering guitar.
  — Christa Titus, Billboard, 31 July 2017
• There are guitar solos, tinkling electric pianos, ‘70s funk bass, piledriving drums and even acoustic guitars.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 12 May 2023
• Curlers rarely merit those up-close-and-personal Olympic bios accompanied by tinkling piano.
  — Author: Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2018
• This late Camp cut lightly swirls tinkling xylophone with soft strings to juxtapose the complications of adult love and the pure simplicity of childhood crushes.
  — Zach Dionne, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2017
• Ethereal notes of a glass harmonica, its sound resembling that of clinking glasses, tinkled as incense wafted through the air.
  — National Geographic, 5 Mar. 2019
• The sound of a piano softly tinkles in the background, gradually building (strings are optional now) into a fermata.
  — Cmo Today Staff, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2017
• Sparse rhythms, tinkling piano, energetic handclaps and soulful backing vocals that would feel right at home in a fervent church service bolster lyrics that namecheck bluegrassers Bill Monroe and Ralph Stanley.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 15 May 2023
• On their shelves are the previous decade’s big moneymakers — tinkling meditation balls, replica swords, qipaos and noisemakers.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2019
• Keeningly mournful strings are deployed to underline the melancholic mood, plus sad, tinkling piano in the wake of particularly grim or tragic developments.
  — Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2017
• But this is a movie that's more efficient than emotionally affecting, a factor underlined by the heavy-handed use of Edward Shearmur's pensive score dominated by tinkling piano.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2020
• The ice tinkled in the glass.
• He tinkled a small bell.
• A piano was tinkling in the background.
• But the plotting will continue, and the Jester will be there to tinkle his bells of steel.
  — James Wolcott, The Hive, 21 Feb. 2017

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tinkle

2 of 2 noun

• The tags tinkle in the wind and give the dog a permanent sparkle.
  — Mary Forgione, latimes.com, 1 Apr. 2018
• The dog swam back to shore and shook itself, and the tinkle of its collar bounced across the surface of the water and toward Chip.
  — Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021
• In the center of the courtyard, the tinkle of glasses can be heard over the asthmatic gurgle of the fountain.
  — New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
• Soon, the air is alive with the deep thump of the tuba, the tiny tinkle of the triangle and everything in between, melting into a soothing melody.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
• In every corner of the establishment — the florist shop, the main store and the outdoor nursery — the sound of trickling water mingled with the tinkle of wind chimes.
  — Janis Mara, The Mercury News, 24 May 2017
• Why the Alcatraz foghorn when a bicycle tinkle-bell would do?
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2021
• Sound designer Matt Reed mixed the actors’ voices with sounds that evoked the narratives, like the tinkle of a wine glass on a first date, or the mechanical creaks of a plane in a deep dive to the ground.
  — Nora McGreevy, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019
• But not everyone is tickled by the tower taking a tinkle.
  — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 20 May 2022
• The notes were few, as a large orchestra thinned to the tinkle of harp, mandolin and celesta littering soft, ethereal drones in the select strings and winds.
  — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• From the tinkle, the researchers fished out 181 bacteria spanning the diversity of microbes in the bladder and sequenced their genomes.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2018
• Walking on the broken porcelain conjures the most enchanting crack-crunch-tinkle.
  — Vanessa Hua, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2020
• While the familiar tinkle of the Red Kettle bells can still be heard throughout the next few weeks, there are also fewer bells throughout the nation because of the pandemic.
  — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2020
• At the resort, which presides over the pretty Kalemya Bay, all is quiet, apart from the splish-splashing of the waves and perhaps the faint tinkle of laughter of someone giving paddle boarding a go.
  — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 12 June 2022
• External sounds and sights bleed into this exhibition, which also resonates with the whir and creak and tinkle of sculptures in motion.
  — Jason Farago, New York Times, 8 June 2017
• What is the difference between face shaving with a tinkle razor and dermaplaning?
  — Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 28 May 2021
• Above us a chandelier's crystal pendants tinkle in time with a soldier's footfalls in an upper bedroom.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Esquire, 23 Mar. 2017
• In a delectable detail, Missy’s hypnotic aid is not a swinging wristwatch but the tinkle of a teaspoon in a china cup.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2017
• The backing track is a bass line going nowhere slowly, oozing to bind together twitches of electronic percussion and little tinkles and twangs that drift in and out.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2017
• Roses wreath bespoke trellises, and the gentle tinkle from black slate fountains fills the space, an almost meditative hum.
  — The Editors, Robb Report, 23 June 2021
• Light rain above tinkles musically, reaching a crescendo when heavier storms pass.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Science | AAAS, 20 June 2019
• The music drones and burbles, tinkles and undulates, taking its time and lingering over instrumental stretches.
  — New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
• Only minutes by water from downtown Manhattan, Governors Island has an otherworldly air, a car-free oasis where the only sounds on the trails are lapping waves and the tinkle of bicycle bells.
  — Gina Levay, Smithsonian, 29 May 2017
• Only minutes by water from downtown Manhattan, Governors Island has an otherworldly air, a car-free oasis where the only sounds on the trails are lapping waves and the tinkle of bicycle bells.
  — Gina Levay, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
• The music drones and burbles, tinkles and undulates, taking its time and lingering over instrumental stretches as if people are still willing to experience a whole album from start to finish.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2018
• The tags tinkle in the wind and give the dog a permanent sparkle.
  — Mary Forgione, latimes.com, 1 Apr. 2018
• The dog swam back to shore and shook itself, and the tinkle of its collar bounced across the surface of the water and toward Chip.
  — Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021
• In the center of the courtyard, the tinkle of glasses can be heard over the asthmatic gurgle of the fountain.
  — New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
• Soon, the air is alive with the deep thump of the tuba, the tiny tinkle of the triangle and everything in between, melting into a soothing melody.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
• In every corner of the establishment — the florist shop, the main store and the outdoor nursery — the sound of trickling water mingled with the tinkle of wind chimes.
  — Janis Mara, The Mercury News, 24 May 2017
• Why the Alcatraz foghorn when a bicycle tinkle-bell would do?
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2021

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