| The water tinkled as it flowed down into the silver-lined basins at the bottom of the fountains. |
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| A little brass bell tinkled a welcome, and the door, closing, shut out the clamour of the street. |
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| Anne Nickels tinkled the ivories for more than 12 hours as she performed all 798 hymns in the Mission Praise song book. |
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| Exclamations of joy coalesced into one voice, whose laughter tinkled oppressively through the clear, mountain air. |
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| Bradman of course himself made a couple of recordings and he tinkled the ivories and people found that interesting. |
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| 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. |
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| The blood red teardrop necklace tinkled as it gently tapped the orb with the rose. |
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| The bell on the door tinkled and a gust of bitter, ice-cold air blew in, teasing the back of my neck. |
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| The sound of music filled a Warminster school on Tuesday when pupils tinkled the ivories non-stop in a piano marathon. |
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| The garden was beautiful, plants and shrubs tumbling around a vibrant lawn in the centre of which a fountain tinkled and played. |
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| 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. |
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| Fragments of glass tinkled to the stone floor in a deadly rain. |
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| Bill patted his fat pouch that tinkled with the sound of money. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| She glanced up as the bell tinkled against the glass of the front door. |
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| The cool air tinkled my face as I stepped out of Trent's car. |
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| A small bell tinkled above my head, the sound signaling my arrival. |
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| The bell on the door tinkled merrily in the dull glow of lamplight. |
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| Diamond bangle bracelets tinkled like tiny wind chimes along one arm. |
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| The morning wore on, up above on the mountain were huge clearings of limestone scree, beneath my feet the same old seabed tinkled and chinked – how metallic can the sound of rocks become? |
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| After spending a few minutes listening to the interesting plans and conjectures, she stepped to the teacher's desk, tinkled the bell, and smilingly declared, 'Let's come to order now and get on with the work of the day! |
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| At the time she played the violin, as did her older brother by five years, André, and she had already tinkled the piano keys like her pianist mother. |
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| Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance. |
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| Koto zither music tinkled softly, and traditional Butoh dancers, painted entirely white, were silhouetted against the darkening sky. |
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| And it was often stationed at the end of some seaside pier, where, in a wooden cabinet, the game blinked and tinkled next to the one-armed bandits and penny drops. |
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| In the Upper Valley, families threshed crops at the side of the road, dogs yapped, prayer wheels tinkled, and very old men carried improbable loads on their shoulders. |
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| Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. |
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| The glasses tinkled together as they were placed on the table. |
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