How To Use Tinkle In A Sentence

Stooping, I lifted the belt, ornamental silver medallions that tinkled faintly together like coins of small denominations. I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
The little silver bell tinkles at a wayside shrine, calling the labouring man to propitiate the idol for the carelessness and detected dishonesties of his day's labours, and goodly Hindus, men and women, stream down the busy thoroughfare, responsive to the call. Love and Life Behind the Purdah
The undergraduate tinkler that is like strong finish school ended the trade on the net that clean out treasure, searching civil member the job.
The light tinkle of Inger's laughter seemed to fill the small room.
They likewise carefully watch the corpse by night and day till the time of interment, and conceive that the deil tinkles at the lykewake of those who felt in their dead-thraw the agonies and terrors of remorse. Notes

If there's anything in the company manual that doesn't leap out at you, feel free to give me a tinkle.
The fountain in the fishpond is going tinkletinkletinkle. She declares a barbecue | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit"
In the third movement, Haitink's lucid communication of the music's textural contrasts made it a joy to listen to, and the violins’ cheeky acciaccaturas tinkled wholeheartedly from their instruments; the finale was brisk, with almost maniacal handfuls of semiquavers, and the trumpets were on top form.
The water tinkled as it flowed down into the silver-lined basins at the bottom of the fountains.
A little brass bell tinkled a welcome, and the door, closing, shut out the clamour of the street.
Glass tinkled; she felt the impact afterward, the firm, cool glass, breaking through.
Ruddy-faced men, bronze-faced men, pale-faced men; young women, girls, matrons and "flappers"; caddies burdened with bags of golf clubs and pockets bulging with cunningly found balls; skillful waiters hurrying here and there with trays on which glasses of various shapes, sizes, and of diversified contents tinkled musically-such was the scene at the The Golf Course Mystery
The word tinkled in her head with a supernatural echo, frozen in mystery, causing her to stir and rustle the funny papers so that she failed to hear the conclusion of her uncle's sentence: Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
Now, recycling bins in parts of the capital are to be soundproofed to ensure the eardrums of the great and the good are not assaulted by the tinkle of breaking glass.
Because there are a lot of Republicans saying a lot of different things. whats the real Repub message? as long as the republican party was able to fool moderates and independents into thinking that republicans produced policies that economically benefited them, the republicans continued to rack up political victories from the 1980's onward. however when it finally became clear that the republican policies benefited the rich and nobody else (tinkle down economics), the indies and moderates abandoned the republican party in droves. the indies and mods never cared about the social issues the gop base held dear therefore there is no longer anything to draw the interest of anybody other than those who are the base of the party. we may be seeing a long term marginalization (and regionalization) of the republicans for the forseeable future. WordPress.com News
One day in the mountains I met a young shepherd and we chatted for over half an hour while his scraggy sheep tinkled and grazed.
The doors fell out with a loud bang, and the tinkle of breaking glass.
Somewhere in the distance, probably, sounds the tinkle of sheep bells and the lowing of cows.
An old-fashioned bell tinkled as he pushed open the door.
Come morning, the mist condenses into drops on the edges of twig and leaf, which tinkle to the earth.
Some small old-fashioned shops still have a bell which tinkles when you push the door open.
Her twitching hands ploughed through the heap, and the coins tinkled among her fingers. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories
Some piano music tinkles gently in the background, a black Armani shirt clings softly to his chest.
The garden was beautiful, plants and shrubs tumbling around a vibrant lawn in the centre of which a fountain tinkled and played.
I was pulling a book from the shelf when I heard the tinkle of the bell over the door, and before I knew it, Matt's aunt was standing in front of me, peering up at me through her wide, owlish glasses.
It clanged on the concrete and the bulb shattered with a tinkle.
Miss Peel tinkled her desk bell and they all sat down again.
The safe ways were "bushed" by a benevolent Government, and night and day the gay tinkle of the sleigh-bells sounded on it. Anne's House of Dreams
Through the enveloping silence came the sound of the wind singing through the passes; the tinkle of meltwater running off the ice and the occasional cry of a bird hanging in the thermals overhead.
A row of tiny bells, depending from the scraggy flesh of its neck, tinkled as it approached. THE HELLBOUND HEART
The only reason the booth is ever empty is when the employees have to go for a tinkle, and they're supposed to lock the turnstile until they get back.
And under the quiet narration is even gentler music, music that strives to be subliminal, tinkled on a parlor piano and diffidently accompanied by a fiddle or banjo.
Bradman of course himself made a couple of recordings and he tinkled the ivories and people found that interesting.
It certainly helps to be able to sit in the sun by a wide open window with only the sound of the birds and the occasional tinkle of a cat's bell to be heard.
Road, halloing "Sour douk, sour douk"; tinklers skirmishing the edges of brown plates they were trying to make the old wives buy -- and what not. The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
Music that tinkles from the lugholes of passengers either side of you on the Clapham omnibus is not something that will be cherished.
Outside, the gentle drizzle and the soothing tinkle from the eaves were the only sounds; within, there was but the faint rustle of garments from The Two Vanrevels
Maister Tammy," I cried, "what for wad ye skail a dacent tinkler lad intil a cauld sea? Greenmantle
Tea cups tinkled in the drawing room next door and pink-faced women trying to wish their fat away padded through the hallways swathed in white towelling, on their way to the supple fingers of the waiting masseurs.
` ` He has a look of auld Humphrey Ettercap, the tinkler, that perished in this very moss about five years syne, 'answered his superstitious companion; ` ` but Humphrey wasna that awfu big in the bouk.' ' The Black Dwarf
A fresh cascade of splintered glass tinkled to the floor.
I walked at once to the door, and Mr. Fairlie resignedly "tinkled" his hand-bell. The Woman in White
Down each arm, from shoulder to sleeve, gleamed those bloody little bells which tinkled every time he moved.
The mastheads of beached yachts tinkled in a stiff breeze.
This time, it wasn't a quiet tinkle or a murmur - someone was roaring out Christmas carols.
Stooping, I lifted the belt, ornamental silver medallions that tinkled faintly together like coins of small denominations. I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
I said,'And we'll have a piano in the lounge so I can tinkle the ivories after dinner, to entertain the guests. MR STARLIGHT
Looking over my notes of this excursion, I come upon the following sentence: "To sit on a stone beside a mountain road, with olive-backed thrushes piping on every side, the ear catching now and then the distant tinkle of a winter wren's tune, or the nearer _zee, zee, zee_ of black-poll warblers, while white-throated sparrows call cheerily out of the spruce forest -- this is to be in another world. The Foot-path Way
The Latin _tintinnabulum_, a little bell, and the English _tinkle_, the sound made by a little bell, are among the words which are readily recognized as having a natural relation to a certain trivial variety of sound. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
By the time the tinkle of the piano heralds the arrival of a tightly performed ‘Romeo And Juliet’, it is easy to discern why this man is regarded as a virtuoso with the lead guitar.
The scene in which Christie Smith tinkles the keyboard and serenades Mel in his club goes nowhere and adds nothing to the plot.
-- how emptily, how foolishly the name tinkled out of that empty and foolish past! The Whirlpool
The ice in the pitcher tinkled melodically against the crystal sides and the mineral water sloshed slightly as he turned the handle to face the right, assuming that the odds were in his favour.
It was now a quarter of an hour mayhap, since I had made any chopping noise, because I had been assorting my spars, and tying them in bundles, instead of plying the bill-hook; and the gentle tinkle of the stream was louder than my doings. Lorna Doone
They likewise carefully watch the corpse by night and day till the time of interment, and conceive that “the deil tinkles at the lyke-wake” of those who felt in their dead-thraw the agonies and terrors of remorse.’ Guy Mannering
A fresh cascade of splintered glass tinkled to the floor.
Tinny acoustic plucks, triangle tinkles, and a later-arriving electric slide accent the point.
Again bottle and glass tinkled together, and both men drank eyes to eyes and each was aware that the eyes he gazed into were honest and understanding. CHAPTER XIII
Jane and Anne both made a move for the door, but Therese noticed this, and laughed, which sounded like the tinkle of tiny bells.
A shattering tinkle echoes as the ice pieces cover the floor.
Exclamations of joy coalesced into one voice, whose laughter tinkled oppressively through the clear, mountain air.
The silence is broken only by the tinkle of a distant cowbell.
By a frosty-ferned brook, where water tinkled and ran clear as air and cold as ice, Jean quenched his thirst, leaning on a stone that showed drops of blood. To the Last Man
The sheep's bell tinkled through the hills.
A few pieces of glass and the broad lip of a Pyrex beaker tinkled to the floor. DO NO HARM
And so I told the faithful Johnson to bring wee Tinkle Tom along, and get him up to the little stage, and I faced my audience in the midst of a storm of the ghostliest applause I ever hope to hear! A Minstrel in France
A piano tinkled gently in the background.
Iz nawt drinkz tu much waturz naow needur oar hab tu getz up tu tinklez Betturz tu hab awl de silly brashhun at moar bettur tiem. nity. Kay, quick! We’re all in! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
The sunset lingered in golden glory over the distant Mexican mountains; twilight came slowly; a faint breeze blew from the river cool and sweet; the late cooing of a dove and the tinkle of a cowbell were the only sounds; a serene and tranquil peace lay over the valley. The Lone Star Ranger
As we rounded the lake's southern edge and moved up to the eastern shore, a faint tinkle filled the air.
The soft tinkles and jingles are heard with every step.
The goombay beat time, and the dancers rattled or tinkled the woody seed-cases of the sand-box tree set on long handles and with each of their lobes painted a separate vivid color; rattles of basketwork; and calabashes filled with pebbles and shells. The Flower of the Chapdelaines
A tinkle of glasses sounded as he began pouring drinks.
They all turned to look at Ursula Harris, whose face was crimson, her chestnut hair in disarray like a baby bird's fluff, whose laugh was audible even here, a high garrulous tinkle.
It clattered to the floor with a hold tinkle and echoed into the silence.
She tinkled the bell sitting on her desk, persistently, until the sound of rapid footsteps could be heard and a few harsh knocks on the door resulted in the maid's arrival.
The blood red teardrop necklace tinkled as it gently tapped the orb with the rose.
Then, as the miners left, the few "cockatoo" settlers followed them, or shifted in nearer to the town on the sea-coast with their horse and bullock teams, and an ominous silence began to fall upon the Flat when the tinkle of the cattle bells no longer was heard among the dark fringe of sighing she-oaks bordering the creek. "Chinkie's Flat" 1904
In its wake, past the wall, behind the cherry trees, I could hear the soft tinkle of wind chimes.
I haven't eaten for fourteen hours and it hurts - I'm irritable and hungry: there's a strange taste in my mouth, and my frequent tinkles are as clear as Welsh mountain streams.
At this moment he came in unobserved and, seeing me thus, was wroth at the sight and made off, as the Arab filly hearing the tinkle of her bridle. — The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
Accents refined to a chilly brittleness tinkled through the square. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
As the man and little girl came slowly up the walk toward the couple on the bench there was a faint tinkle at Cora's feet: her companion's scarfpin, which had fallen from his tie. The Flirt
The bells on the harness tinkled softly.
I'll give you a tinkle tomorrow.
He has a look of auld Humphrey Ettercap, the tinkler, that perished in this very moss about five years syne," answered his superstitious companion; "but Humphrey wasna that awfu 'big in the bouk. The Black Dwarf
Fragments of glass tinkled to the stone floor in a deadly rain.
The brook tinkled like silver bells.
The first distant wolf howl does not drown the tinkle of the sleigh-bells or the laughter of the wedding guests.
The little bell tinkles.
Booms, clicks, tinkles and thumps make up most percussion music.
Can you imagine walking through a graveyard in the middle of the night and hearing the distant tinkle of a little bell?
Another horribly distinct breakage, with a tinkle of pieces. WHISTLER IN THE DARK
The vast orchestra includes almost everything that tinkles, jingles or bangs, even bells, a vibraphone and a windmachine, as well as women's voices without words.
Not even the breachiest of breachy young heifers could be expected to tinkle a cowbell with such briskness. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights
As we rounded the lake's southern edge and moved up to the eastern shore, a faint tinkle filled the air.
Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.
He took a great satisfaction in slamming the door so that the house shook, the vase on the landing windowsill rattled and the glass light shade tinkled gently.
I often attributed his popularity to his lovely, large, endearing eyes and his tinkle of a laugh.
In the distance we heard the silvery tinkle of a stream.
In the distance we heard the silvery tinkle of a stream.
In its sentiments Pouncey's novel flaunts psychotherapy as a fashionable accessory, the sharing of confidences (already grasped before they are spelt out) over the tinkle of fine teacups.
Some piano music tinkles gently in the background, a black Armani shirt clings softly to his chest.
There's a tinkler wife needin 'a bawbee's-wirth, an' I've socht the shop heich an 'laich for't. My Man Sandy
A dribble of coins tinkled from the blanket to the floor. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories
Anne Nickels tinkled the ivories for more than 12 hours as she performed all 798 hymns in the Mission Praise song book.
Mr. Tinkler made no articulate reply, but sat down with a crushed expression, and set himself to devour bread and butter with an energy which he hoped would divert attention from his blushes; and almost immediately the Doctor looked at his watch and said, "Now, boys, you have half-an-hour for 'chevy' -- make the most of it. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers
It may be well for the reputation of Tinkletown to mention that one of the donors was Mrs. Raspus, a negro washerwoman who did work for the "dagoes" engaged in building the railroad hard by; another was the wife of Antonio Galli, a member of the grading gang, and the third was The Daughter of Anderson Crow
A fresh cascade of splintered glass tinkled to the floor.
Leonard Tinkler showed them sheds containing three dead animals, including a decomposing cow whose calf was still alive in the same pen.
It is worn from the ceinture in front, and looks much like a row of very elongated little bells, which clash together with a musical tinkle at every movement of the wearer.
His eyes scanned the yard, but the only sound to be heard now was the gentle tinkle of the windchimes as the night-time breeze played with a few vagrant strands of his hair.
The coin tinkled to a settlement, and we both stooped to read our respective fates .... Jonah and Co.
They likewise carefully watch the corpse by night and day till the time of interment, and conceive that "the deil tinkles at the lyke-wake" of those who felt in their dead-thraw the agonies and terrors of remorse. ' Guy Mannering — Complete
Tammy,” I cried, “what for wad ye skail a dacent tinkler lad intil a cauld sea? Greenmantle
A glass tide tinkled on the hull of the receiver, its echoing obsidian.
One day in the mountains I met a young shepherd and we chatted for over half an hour while his scraggy sheep tinkled and grazed.
I go for a set of brass bells that tinkle, bringing home the sound of cows returning home at sundown.
“He has a look of auld Humphrey Ettercap, the tinkler, that perished in this very moss about five years syne,” answered his superstitious companion; “but Humphrey wasna that awfu’ big in the bouk.” The Black Dwarf
A piano tinkled gently in the background.
A small bell tinkled above my head, the sound signaling my arrival.
You can almost feel the charge of linking synaptic bursts as the trio generates a veritable Japanese garden of tinkles, clicks, rolls, and splashes.
Miss Peel tinkled her desk bell and they all sat down again.
The cool air tinkled my face as I stepped out of Trent's car.
Dressed for the dance in what looked like a harem girl costume, Joy even wore finger cymbals and bracelets of tiny bells on her wrists and ankles that tinkled and chattered as her hands waved softly around her body. A Stitch Before Dying
The cup wobbled, then crashed to the floor with a tinkle of glass.
An old-fashioned bell tinkled as he pushed open the door.
The tinkle of the bell as the door opens pistols me as though it were a starting gun.
And she didn't want the mother to hear her tinkle.
Road, halloing "Sour douk, sour douk;" tinklers skirmishing the edges of brown plates they were trying to make the old wives buy -- and what not. The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself
All it needs is a tinkle to the Central Reservation Office of AP Tourism and ask for customised tour and a tour hostess to help you finalise your tour according to the interest and time available.
Miss Peel tinkled her desk bell and they all sat down again.
You can almost feel the charge of linking synaptic bursts as the trio generates a veritable Japanese garden of tinkles, clicks, rolls, and splashes.
Down each arm, from shoulder to sleeve, gleamed those bloody little bells which tinkled every time he moved.
Some small old-fashioned shops still have a bell which tinkles when you push the door open.
A piano tinkled gently in the background.
Silvery streams tinkled down its crystal slopes; and in its clear depths seemed to unfold, veil on veil, the secrets of life and death and mortal striving, -- vistas of pale-shimmering azure opening like dream-visions, and promising, down there in the great cool heart, infinite rest, infinite cessation and rest. CHAPTER 25
There were no stars-only the tinkle of wind chimes, the rustle of windblown leaves.
Some piano music tinkles gently in the background, a black Armani shirt clings softly to his chest.
Instead I dropped my briefcase from the walkway, heard the tinkle of breaking glass, and watched as the deer on the patio of the In-Situ Laboratory began to drop dead. 365 tomorrows » 2008 » August : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
Fat and lightly battered and meaty with a light honey and vinegar dressing providing a perfect tinkle of agrodolce. Times, Sunday Times
It must be added that she was warm and uncomfortable, having conscientiously superintended preparations in respect of commissariat in the overheated atmosphere of the basement; hurried upstairs -- the imagined tinkle of the front-door bell perpetually in her ears -- to pull her stays in at the waist and project herself into the aforementioned official garments -- a very trying process on a June day to a person of ample contours and what may be described as the fluidic temperament. The Far Horizon
The voices of early evening had settled down to one soothing hum whose deepest note was the steady chumping of the bullocks above their chopped straw, and whose highest was the tinkle of a Bengali dancing-girl's sitar. Kim
A bell tinkled as the door opened.
The bell on the door tinkled merrily in the dull glow of lamplight.
The Marionette, seeing death dancing before him, trembled so hard that the joints of his legs rattled and the coins tinkled under his tongue. Adventures of Pinocchio
The only plan we had was to base the album more around the tinkles - the wee guitars, cittern, banjo and mandolin - instead of having lots of flutes and fiddles playing tune bits in the middle of songs.
Something tinkles inside you, shivering, quivering, and then it breaks, shattering like a crystal constellation.
She glanced up as the bell tinkled against the glass of the front door.
A piano tinkles somewhere in the back of the room and a loud cough interrupts one song: no-one had yet devised the means to edit it out.
Her boisterous laugh was quite melodized, and her step did not make the crystal drops of the girandoles tinkle as ominously as they formerly did. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author
The sound of music filled a Warminster school on Tuesday when pupils tinkled the ivories non-stop in a piano marathon.
Tea cups tinkled in the drawing room next door and pink-faced women trying to wish their fat away padded through the hallways swathed in white towelling, on their way to the supple fingers of the waiting masseurs.
Check out the fun outtake from the video below to hear Westergren tinkle the ivories of his classic 1970s era Fender Rhodes electric piano. Past Tech Trends & Products: Technology Live Archive
Bill patted his fat pouch that tinkled with the sound of money.
For some animals, the death of a conspecific is a little tinkle of the dinner bell. Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
There's not a tinkle, whoosh, or rattle that isn't illustrative.
The silence is broken only by the tinkle of a distant cowbell.
When I picked it up, there was a metallic tinkle, like spare change in a pocket and a wet flopping sound.
Some piano music tinkles gently in the background, a black Armani shirt clings softly to his chest.
Watch the video below -- an outtake of our interviewwith Westergren -- to watch himtinkle the ivories of his classic 1970s era Fender Rhodes electric piano. One More Chorus with Pandora's Tim Westergren

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