How to Use sleigh bell in a Sentence

sleigh bell

noun
  • Santa boards the train and gives each child a silver sleigh bell.
    Phil Kloer, ajc, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Once there, Santa boards the train and hands each passenger a sleigh bell.
    Mike Morris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The addition of sleigh bells to the bouncy music underlined the idea.
    Brian Seibert, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The song has an energetic 50s jazz feel to it, with a full band, trumpet and sleigh bells behind Alan's voice.
    Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • But then there was the slight jangle of a sleigh bell, and a reindeer stood up from behind the tree and stepped – cautiously – toward them.
    Greg Borowski, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Santa and his helpers greet passengers at the North Pole and then board the train, where each child is given the first gift of Christmas — a silver sleigh bell.
    Valerie Swetten, Houston Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Each guest will take home a keepsake sleigh bell and souvenir golden ticket.
    Jennifer Boehm, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The flowers look like sleigh bells on a handle, and those flowers, when jingled, spew yellow pollen grains into the air.
    Lucas Joel, Quartz, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Santa Claus entered right on cue to a chorus of sleigh bells and thundering applause, much to the delight of the children.
    Sam Boyer, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2019
  • On the return journey, Santa will greet each rider, and every child will receive a sleigh bell.
    Robin Goist, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Sing-alongs, the aroma of sugar cookies, classic movies, shoppers rushing to and fro, sleigh bells ringing, and the perfect pine.
    Travel Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2017
  • At the end of the trip, all passengers take home the silver sleigh bell, souvenir golden ticket, and plenty of touching memories.
    Linda Marx, PEOPLE.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Every Christmas season, bells jingle, bells carol and sleigh bells ring.
    Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Eastman built a contraption of mechanical sleigh bells that beat out a jangling pulse throughout the 70 minutes.
    Mark Swed, latimes.com, 23 May 2018
  • From small mantle-top sets to full-size reenactments with people and live farm animals, the depiction of the evening after the birth of Jesus is an icon of the season that far predates the the candy cane or sleigh bells.
    Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2017
  • That symphony, with its musical sleigh bells, so reminiscent of childhood bliss, is a recurring motif in Jamie Bernstein’s book.
    David Denby, The New Yorker, 16 June 2018

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