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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
Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2024
On a Friday night, the room tinkled with the sound of voices just a decade out of summer camp and maybe five years out of the Midwest.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 24 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
The cocktail hour’s soundtrack was a mariachi band, Los Campos, and loads of tinkling marimba by Tono 13.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2024
On a Friday night, the room tinkled with the sound of voices just a decade out of summer camp and maybe five years out of the Midwest.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tinkle
Noun
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Hallmark delivers every year with charming designs, like this $9 stacking toy ornament and stunning baby rattle.Katrina Cossey, Parents, 6 Dec. 2024
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Watch: Cannabis room shakes as magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes California Another video from California shows plants and overhead lights in a cannabis grow room rattle as the magnitude 7.0 quake strikes.Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
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And then Mangold and I clink our teacups together in a kind of homage to both Now, Voyager and to Bob Dylan, the man himself.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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The party guests—the artist-honorees and their partners, collectors, museum trustees, funders, and hangers-on—were clad in their finest evening attire, clinking champagne flutes and posing for pictures at a pre-dinner reception on The Shed’s fourth floor.Helen Holmes, ARTnews.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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The morning rush was picking up at the Broadway Diner on Eastern Avenue in Baltimore on a recent Tuesday, with the clatter of plates, the hum of conversation, and server Lisa Bahm dashing from one table to the next.Shannon Lilly, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
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The series immerses viewers in the real grit and grind of restaurant life, from the deafening clatter of kitchen chaos to the exacting artistry of crafting the perfect sandwich.Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Christmas stays and plays December is just moments away and those jingle bells are jingling.Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
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So hurry up, and jingle all the way to your nearest Dairy Queen.Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 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
Verb
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President-elect Donald Trump praised Elon Musk and other members of his incoming administration early Thursday after ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Now they’re fortified and cleaned, the bells’ ringing mechanism updated, and the great organ (set between the bell towers on the west side) restored.Dana Thomas, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Tinkle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinkle. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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