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Recent Examples of tinkle
Kiliii Yüyan, History & Culture, 17 Dec. 2020
There’s a steady wind stirring on that cloudy June day, and the chimes on the farm store tinkle.
—Rachael Moeller Gorman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
Rob Ledonne, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2024
To me, the tinkling glasses and ringing silverware are easily ignorable, the hodgepodge of clinks and clatters immediately fading into the background.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
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Noun
Some of the nuts landed with a metallic tinkle.
—Kiliii Yüyan, History & Culture, 17 Dec. 2020
There’s a steady wind stirring on that cloudy June day, and the chimes on the farm store tinkle.
—Rachael Moeller Gorman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
Verb
As the hotel’s doorman, complete with top hat and tails, opens the door to its opulent lobby and a piano player tinkles keys in the distance, that dream solidifies into reality.
—Rob Ledonne, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2024
To me, the tinkling glasses and ringing silverware are easily ignorable, the hodgepodge of clinks and clatters immediately fading into the background.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tinkle
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Bashful Bunny Ring Rattle $16 Nordstrom Jellycat’s ridiculously cute toys are slowly taking over the world, and this ring rattle is a rare pick that comes in under $20.Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2024
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The sound design booms and rattles, the delusions are even more elaborate and the body horror is even bloodier and more disturbing.Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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With the sound of clinking wine glasses, tastes of inventive veggies, and the voice of an award-winning chef, the Courier Journal's new dinner series kicked off Sunday at a popular Highlands restaurant.Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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Tears flooded Ye’s eyes as the group clinked glasses of champagne at 9:30 a.m.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
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From there things just keep happening, as one event unfolds into another in a headlong rush amid the incessant clatter of plates and pans and the machine spitting out endless order tickets.Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Outside, the sidewalk patio remains relatively quiet except for the occasional clatter of trains down the street.Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
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Cabello would have fit right in on the Rabanne spring 2025 runway, where dresses jingled and jangled down the catwalk, including one that scattered flakes of gold leaf as the model moved.Violet Goldstone, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024
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Shimmering dresses dripping with embellishments jingled their way down the majority of catwalks — bad news for fans of the French exit.Scarlett Conlon, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
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Though this installation of tintinnabulation has been a feature of the garden for more than a decade, some frequent visitors only noticed the chimes this summer, when a small crew recently installed them in a large linden tree adjacent to Parade Stadium.Kim Hyatt, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
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Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
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But before the phone started ringing that day, Nancy was lamenting that the sky had been cloudy on the day of the solar eclipse — the last that would pass over England in her lifetime.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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In late September, Torri was driving down the highway with her 11-year-old son Junior in the back seat when her phone started ringing.Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Tinkle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinkle. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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