How to Use wind chime in a Sentence

wind chime

noun
  • That's why at $14.99, these wind chimes are music to my ears.
    Maya Kosoff, The Hive, 23 Oct. 2017
  • That’s why at $14.99, these wind chimes are music to my ears.
    Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Their house is instead tucked in the woods, with a shed roof and lots of blankets, wind chimes, and plants.
    Alexandra Lange, Curbed, 1 Aug. 2019
  • See the intrepid frogs in the many states of their wind chimes habitat below.
    Time, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The tower features 40 wind chimes for the 40 heroes who died that day.
    Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2018
  • Two of the Chisum Ranch’s many pronghorn dangled under the chopper like wind chimes.
    Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Soft music played in the background as a breeze kicked up and wind chimes jingled.
    Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 19 May 2020
  • But that, as those of us with a half dozen apps with lapping waves and wind chimes on our phones know, is easier said than done.
    Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Her voice is like hearing a wonderful bell or wind chime.
    Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The tower, to be built near the park’s entrance, will feature 40 tubular metal wind chimes, one each for the victims.
    Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Install wind chimes to get some music going Warm spring breezes are a lovely sign of the season.
    Lindsey Vickers, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Sometimes hanging wind chimes in the corner can deter them.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Certainly no wind chimes, water, or plants in the bedroom.
    Mimi Read, House Beautiful, 13 Feb. 2012
  • Put them to extra-good use by installing some wind chimes outside your window or on your porch.
    Lindsey Vickers, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2020
  • There’s the same carport, the same wedge of grass out front, the same dreamy suburban soundtrack of wind chimes and air conditioners.
    Jeremy Lybarger, Longreads, 11 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • Among the door prizes awarded were wind chimes, brunch at Pier W, a bird bath, autographed Cleveland Browns helmet and a bird house.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland.com, 17 Sep. 2017
  • The wind chime's framework was assembled on site, and its assembly took two years to complete.
    Madison Alcedo, Country Living, 6 Jan. 2017
  • Several said the noise was minimal and compared it favorably to the noise of wind chimes or a snapping flag.
    Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 15 May 2018
  • On a recent afternoon, two children scampered through the yard counting fairies and wind chimes.
    Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2020
  • The final phase of the memorial will include a 93-foot (28-meter) tower at the entrance with wind chimes for each of the victims and a grove of trees, called the Tower of Voices.
    Kristen De Groot, Fox News, 3 June 2018
  • American flags and wind chimes hang from porches, and traffic is so light that residents sometimes drive golf carts on the streets.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2019
  • Amid white-birch wind chimes and deep-red poinsettias, visitors learn about unseen elements that dictate the lives of plants.
    Web Behrens, chicagotribune.com, 24 Nov. 2019
  • The tower not only holds a place of prominence, but pushes the 40 individual wind chimes higher into the air.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2018
  • There are seven instruments on each side of the approximate six-foot long wall, including Aztec drums, wind chimes, a washboard and pipes.
    Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • That’s because there are lots of noises in the background that can interfere with the sound, like lawnmowers, air conditioning, and even wind chimes outside.
    Megan Friedman, House Beautiful, 17 Aug. 2018
  • Still, even with the pile of leaves accumulating from the large tree, the garden is a calming, peaceful retreat that Donna has accented with urns, wind chimes and sculptures.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2019
  • This online ecotherapeutic meditation — complete with the sound of wind chimes — won’t replace the hypnotic pleasure of watching your feet get buried in the sand as waves roll in at the beach.
    Jill Cowan, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
  • As a sleeping Camille (Amy Adams) dreams of her younger self, a chilling blend of wind chimes and ambient noise gradually rises in the background as the scene becomes more disturbing.
    Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Aug. 2018
  • Many residents with rejas fill their patio spaces with chairs, tables, hammocks or wind chimes.
    Cassie Owens, Philly.com, 5 July 2018

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