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    1. It crashes back to earth - thunk, shatter, tinkle -


    2. Desa did a quick little tinkle, Klegnif’s drone metamorphosed into an orchestra and Alan got blown halfway back to YingolNeerie because suddenly that yandrille was screaming in all colors and the whole room was stomping with it


    3. the constant tinkle of cow bells


    4. The song was a poppy little tinkle called 'Butterfly Thank You' and used both techniques with impact being split into two voices


    5. Now, except for Brice's voice filling the air and the constant tinkle of the statue, the garden was eerily quiet


    6. Far off, I heard the slight tinkle of a bell on a sheep


    7. The tinkle of a sheep"s bell was near and a shepherd raised his voice in song


    8. He was preparing to come in and chat when I heard the bells tinkle over the door again, and he shrugged and went out to service his visitors


    9. Aromas of coffee and snacks filled the room and laughter resounded like the tinkle of anklets


    10. The sound of our heels tapping against the mosaic tiled floors is subdued by the tinkle of laughter behind the chalky brick wall in front of us

    11. actually chanced a slight wink at me as he followed the family, and with a tinkle of


    12. Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle


    13. Rumours of an impending calamity had just begun to circulate when the tinkle of amplified bells signalled the arrival of the Mages who filed onto their elaborately decorated balcony above and behind the stages


    14. Children who spend their time learning to tinkle on their pianos or toodle on their saxophones engage in activities that bolster their intellect through math (yes, math!) and creativity


    15. shop door tinkle, as it slammed shut behind me


    16. Hecate smiled and it was as though I heard lilies-of-the-valley tinkle as bells in the wind


    17. " A tinkle of ice could be heard across the room as an attentive wait staff member began preparing the drink


    18. small creek that purled with a slight tinkle in the back drop brush


    19. melodious tinkle of the tea colored creek


    20. small tinkle into a slow moving run that spanned some twenty

    21. in a voice that sounded as the slow moving tinkle of a field side


    22. melodious tinkle of the gently flowing water without, my ears can


    23. I can hear the tinkle


    24. Taking out of her haversack her heavy purse, she put it on top of a nearby chest, making the silver coins in the purse tinkle


    25. " Tryton yelled out "Tinkle, come here!" The familiar blue fairy appeared out of thin air


    26. Tinkle, glowing blue, her blonde hair shinning in the blue light


    27. "It's your fault, he gets his recklessness from your elf blood! But no matter, I'm sending Missy and Tinkle here to search for him first thing in the morning


    28. He put his arms around their shoulders, pulling Missy and Tinkle close


    29. Tinkle, the blue fairy, pushed Sherman's hand from around her shoulder


    30. "Yeah!" piped in Tinkle, "You may think you're the boss of us, but remember what happened the last time you tried to push an issue

    31. With a nonsensical grin, Byron glided in with a satisfying tinkle of the small bell above the door


    32. Till evening she lay there alone, and then the steps came up again, accompanied this time by the tinkle of china and spoons


    33. Still expecting Kyle to show, Petra didn’t watch her friend leave, but she knew when Robyn had gone by the flash of daylight that came and then left with the rise and fall of the curtain and the tinkle of the beads


    34. It was meant to last only a few minutes but he drifted into a deep sleep from which he didn’t wake until the telephone’s relentless tinkle roused him


    35. followed by the tinkle of glass as the cab started with a furious rush


    36. Shiva heard nothing except the gentle tinkle of the fountains in the temple compound


    37. Fern gave a tinkle of laughter although to her ears she could hear the falseness of it and Lieutenant Rostin laughed with her


    38. glass aside and smiled bitterly as he heard the tinkle of


    39. Once more he softly touched the bell which gave one tinkle, then gently, as though reflecting and looking about him, began touching the door-handle pulling it and letting it go to make sure once more that it was only fastened by the hook


    40. Lipmann with a tinkle of nerves in her cut-glass voice

    41. The bell suddenly flies off the top of the front door in an explosion of hardware and screeching metal, shoots straight up in the air then crashes to the floor, where it gives a final, defiant tinkle


    42. I’ve been tossing restlessly on the chesterfield, waiting for the bell to tinkle


    43. She did not toss her hair so gaily, nor walk with that swish of her hips, and the waterfall tinkle of her laughter was not heard so often


    44. There was a bell beside the gate, and Dorothy pushed the button and heard a silvery tinkle sound within


    45. ‘What’s that? Someone coming,’ he thought, catching the tinkle of bells, and lifting his head


    46. It came with a curious faraway tinkle, but every word was clear, though faint—very faint, for they were the last words of a dying woman


    47. within earshot of its tinkle and splash


    48. Now my wife turned to me and said: 'Either I am a little drunk or it's getting rough,' and, even as she spoke we found ourselves leaning sideways in our chairs; there was a crash and tinkle of falling cutlery by the wall, and on our table the wine glasses all together toppled and rolled over, while each of us steadied the plate and forks and looked at the other with expressions that varied between frank horror in the diplomat's wife and relief in Julia


    49. Dorothy has another gem taped to the wall by the soda machine, showing a toddler asleep on the toilet—Too Tired to Tinkle


    50. a glint and a tinkle as he stumbled on some golden thing
















    1. He tinkled on the piano trying it out, ‘Yes, that should work


    2. Now Alan lay perfectly still as the last shards still tinkled down from wherever they had teetered


    3. We raised our glasses for a toast, when the bell tinkled over the door


    4. Cursing silently, I wriggled my body out, which allowed me to insert the silver token into the slot, grunting in satisfaction as it tinkled its way into the guts of the machinery


    5. The bell tinkled again but she ignored it, her thoughts still on Frank and his problems


    6. The doorbell tinkled and she headed back into the café, serving the young couple who had entered with cups of cappuccino and some sticky buns


    7. Steam rose as he tinkled, and again he was amazed when he recalled that only this morning he had been sick


    8. It shimmered in waves and tinkled delicately as it was moved by the barely-discernible breeze


    9. His mother merely tinkled a good-natured laugh


    10. Ivory and gold bell-earrings tinkled at every toss of the head

    11. A bell above the door tinkled as a man entered the small shop


    12. Near at hand a fountain tinkled silverly, and other unseen fountains in various parts of the great garden whispered an everlasting symphony


    13. Conan turned in his horse at a certain gold-worked gate, and rode into a court where a fountain tinkled and pigeons fluttered from marble coping to marble flagging


    14. Opening the door to the shop, the bell tinkled to announce the arrival of someone


    15. the door tinkled ethereally as we entered


    16. The glass tinkled as he forced the gap to be large enough for them to edge through


    17. They clinked and tinkled on the tile floor


    18. He had scarcely hung up the receiver, when the bell tinkled insistently, as though central had had an urgent call which the last conversation had held up


    19. The walls of glass shattered and tinkled to the floor in sparkling piles, as ceramic pots and vases exploded all around us


    20. The piece of lead tinkled loudly into the little pan that he dropped it in, as he continued digging into the incision on the back of Asia’s shoulder

    21. As soon as the tin bell tinkled, Raskolnikov seemed to be aware of something moving in the room


    22. The throng thickened; the guitars tinkled louder; other horsemen sat motionless, smoking calmly above the heads of the crowd; it eddied and pushed before the doors of the high-roofed building, whence issued a shuffle and thumping of feet in time to the dance music vibrating and shrieking with a racking rhythm, overhung by the tremendous, sustained, hollow roar of the gombo


    23. His knife tinkled down upon the ground, but he still held the forceps and something more


    24. formed before my eyes and little silvery bells tinkled in my ears


    25. Nightly the dark tree-lined streets resounded with dancing feet, and from parlors tinkled pianos where soprano voices blended with those of soldier guests in the pleasing melancholy of “The Bugles Sang Truce” and “Your Letter Came, but Came Too Late”—plaintive ballads that


    26. His voice tinkled out


    27. Far away in the cool dim empty rooms of the big old house, a silver bell tinkled and faded


    28. A squeal of laughter rang from the parlor, teacups tinkled


    29. The man counted out ten pennies, tinkled them into Douglas's blouse pocket


    30. It tinkled against the light bulb

    31. Starlight tinkled in golden nuclei off the highly perched Greek figures atop the State Opera House


    32. Where they had been carefully set down and left, in neat bundles every few feet along the empty country road, were old roller skates, a bandanna full of knicknacks, some old shoes, a cartwheel, stacks of pants and coats and ancient hats, bits of oriental crystal that had once tinkled in the wind, tin cans of pink geraniums, dishes of waxed fruit, cartons of Confederate money, washtubs, scrubboards, wash lines, soap, somebody’s tricycle, someone else’s hedge shears, a toy wagon, a jack-in-the-box, a stained-glass window from the Negro Baptist Church, a whole set of brake rims, inner tubes, mattresses, couches, rocking chairs, jars of cold cream, hand mirrors


    33. The tall strange man counted out ten new copper pennies and tinkled them in Douglas' blouse pocket


    34. Ere long a bell tinkled, and the curtain drew up


    35. And then fresh sparks went up above the wood, as if the roof fell in, and we all shouted "Concord to the rescue!" Wagons shot past with furious speed and crushing loads, bearing, perchance, among the rest, the agent of the Insurance Company, who was bound to go however far; and ever and anon the engine bell tinkled behind, more slow and sure; and rearmost of all, as it was afterward whispered, came they who set the fire and gave the alarm


    36. The first sparrow of spring! The year beginning with younger hope than ever! The faint silvery warblings heard over the partially bare and moist fields from the bluebird, the song sparrow, and the red-wing, as if the last flakes of winter tinkled as they fell! What at such a time are histories, chronologies, traditions, and all written revelations? The brooks sing carols and glees to the spring


    37. And it bore at its neck, hung to a little chain of gold, a little bell; and that tinkled so gaily, and so clear and so soft, that as Tristan heard it, he was soothed, and his anguish melted away, and he forgot all that he had suffered for the Queen; for such was the virtue of the bell and such its property: that whosoever heard it, he lost all pain


    38. The Tartar horses shot off, the bells tinkled, the kibitka flew over the snow


    39. After a moment's silence the guitar tinkled again, and he sang again in the same falsetto:


    1. First a few coins and jewels appeared only ten centimeters in the air above the dais in front of Mark and Talia, and they fell and bounced a bit with merry tinkles, then more and more, and then a flood of wealth flowed out of the air


    2. They loved each other, there on her comfortable bed, bathed in sunlight, surrounded by the sounds of soft music and the tinkles of the halyards hitting the masts of the gently rocking yachts, moored in the bay outside


    3. Adam began speaking from the tiny back room, his voice raised slightly above the tinkles of the teaspoon mixing the sugar with the tea


    4. faint tinkles and a voice as smooth as wind


    5. The bell tinkles, and I appear


    6. I don't appear before it tinkles, because of the peculiar preciousness of all the moments I can legitimately spend in my bedroom; but, if I were to, I would find Mrs


    7. The ring of alarm-bells, the cry of fire, the whirr of swift-streaking engines and hose-carts with premonitory tinkles and color'd lights,


    8. An hour later when the doorbell tinkles, I don’t bother turning around


    9. The cuff tinkles to the cobbled pavement at my feet


    10. filled with an everlasting music of water that tinkles into pools, as fair

    11. It was not quite a twittering nor a whir, and it was not unlike a pet shop when the bell tinkles as you step in and a chorus of parakeets and doves starts up in coos and light shrieks


    12. One mirror alone, and then a second mirror, followed by a pause, and then a third mirror, and a fourth and another after that and another after that and still another and another after that, in domino fashion, they formed swift spiderwebs over their fierce stares and then with faint tinkles and sharp cracks, fell


    1. He pulled on the latch handle of the top of the two stacked doors, reached in with a scoop and filled three glasses with clear tinkling shards


    2. Bessamer was just laying out more swatches, when tinkling through the door came a tall grinning man followed by a timid lad, almost to the point of shyness


    3. Tinkling his wine glass to gain the party's attention, he cleared his throat and began


    4. the valley we could hear the ubiquitous tinkling of bells as


    5. She then lifted her eyes toward heaven and uttered the strange magic sounds by which spirits are called, meanwhile shaking a tinkling bell


    6. Of course it was also that flute and the tinkling set of wine glasses


    7. But true to his word he rode his cycle up to the Wellbeloved’s and tinkling his bell as a way of announcing his coming he arrived at their gate, which opened by itself so he could ride through


    8. ” she laughed and the room sparkled with the tinkling of chimes or of a pattering spring shower


    9. Tinkling of a bell reminded us that sheep were grazing nearby


    10. A tinkling of glass shattered the silence as the glass hit the stone floor

    11. Finally I dunked down into the water and held my breath; listening to the tinkling and gurgly watery sounds


    12. It was a nice sensation, and she could not resist the little tinkling in her body


    13. Silver spoons rained over her and went tinkling to the floor


    14. They could hear the bells tinkling on the big sleigh as it came up


    15. He closed his eyes, and there was a pulse of blue light accompanied by another tinkling impact as another small stone was released


    16. Just then, she laughed, a sparkling, tinkling sound that was


    17. At mornings, they stood at about six o'clock, and announcing her passage all the way from the hall to the kitchen, wearing the subtle tinkling of the beginning of the day; so I heard something like: toc-toc-toc, toc-toc-toc


    18. The tinkling of broken glass was followed by a loud explosion


    19. His slitted eyes were aglow with morbid anticipation as his erstwhile tormentor pushed his hand under his nose and with the admonition, ―Squeeze,‖ pressed against the two fingers fracturing the ampule with a tiny tinkling sound that would have been a thunderclap to Gypsy Jack Pappadoupoulis—had he known


    20. He remembered how she danced and the tinkling of her laughter, like wind chimes tinkling as they were being blown

    21. The previous night Lezura had opted to scout out the location of the community as a little faery with tinkling wings fluttering over the city, hardly recognizable unless you were hunting large insects or birds


    22. The fan was stopped now, but maybe this had created the scraping, tinkling, hissing noises she had heard earlier


    23. ” Shiva brushed her blue hair back out of her eyes, the crystals in the braids in the back tinkling as she did


    24. There were several seconds of silence before the faint but distinct sound of tinkling glass became perfectly clear, as if in an affirmative response to the request for assistance, and grew slowly louder to draw their attention to the crystal chandelier above the table that was shaking gently and creating the almost-musical sound they now heard


    25. It was soft, like the tinkling


    26. Her laughter was a tinkling refrain that he liked, and that negated


    27. it stretched across the tinkling spring creek, tossing rocks into the


    28. sounds of the lounge around him—the tinkling of glasses, the sound


    29. I could hear the tinkling rattle of their chains as I walk up


    30. The soft, tinkling song was instantly replaced by a high pitched whine which shredded the tranquillity she felt

    31. Carla had heard the explosion and tinkling glass, and watched in horror as the mist reached the FBI men


    32. It sounded like a chime ball tinkling


    33. The absolute silence, broken only by the tinkling of water in the fountain and his footsteps 54


    34. The high ceiling in the foyer of the building created echoes from the marble floor below and the tinkling of water in the fountain was the only sound that broke the silence


    35. The silence was shattered by a loud crash and the tinkling of glass


    36. the same tinkling laugh that had been one of


    37. " For a moment, all he could remember was her incredible body, seemingly one with the black leather racing bucket; her perfume, the smell of tire smoke, the incredible roar of 388 cubic inches of NASCAR power wound up tight, and her tinkling laugh as she realized how terrified he truly was


    38. There was a tinkling of chimes amidst the chaos like the spilling of sand across a membrane


    39. thoroughness, the spoon tinkling against the side of the cup for nearly a minute, an oddity of


    40. ‘As for the floor, it was covered by many types of smooth, silken Persian carpets while superb paintings covered the walls… And the exquisite small fountain in the middle of the room with the calming sound of its tinkling water seemed to reflect all the colours of the rainbow! Not to mention the enormous, unique, regal chandeliers made of pure crystals

    41. Faster and faster Remus spun it up, until the huge lathe began to shudder out-of-balance, setting the tins and jars on the shelves to tinkling and rattling and the very floor under Jeeters’ feet to vibrating, and Remus quickly dialed the speed back down until the shaking ceased


    42. “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not charity, I am become (as) sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal


    43. final tinkling of fallen shards faded he knew glass-guy was in fault, that he realized


    44. ’ Now our friend Jacques walked in deep green valleys and on top of purple mountain majesties; throughout the summer, autumn, winter, and springtime, a tinkling voice carried on the ever-changing wind gave him faith and hope


    45. I heard the crashing of glass, the tiny pieces tinkling and falling endlessly to the street far below


    46. “Read that,” he commanded and stood erect with his hands pushed deep into his pockets tinkling coins with his fingers


    47. “It has the sound of a little tinkling bell


    48. Why would there be a tinkling bell?”


    49. “He heard tinkling bells,” said Mary with concern


    50. The ridiculous, boring ceremony with chanting priests, sing-song allusions to Abraham and Sarah, of two being joined in one flesh, of obedience and love, the tinkling of swinging myrrh receptacles was hardly audible above the noisy, muttering crowd


































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    Synonyms for "tinkle"

    ting tinkle chink clink tink chime resound reverberate resonate bell ring peal

    "tinkle" definitions

    a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell


    make or emit a high sound