chime - use in sentences

Object

  • midnight: However, all was silent save for the chimes striking midnight in the city.
  • bell: Ringing and chiming bells are plotted as two separate lines in each case for clarity.
  • guitar: Repeated listens unearth depth to this record with the soft chiming guitar claiming an important role in the sound.
  • chord: And then words did ring forth from her, from him, chiming together perfect chords.

Converse of object

  • hear: By this time, you've probably heard the doorbell chime, which means the mail's in.

Preposition: on

  • side: Once the second starts to chime on both sides sufficient space must be left for it.

Modifies a noun

  • whistle: Whilst on the LMR the chime whistle was also replaced by twin air horns.
  • bar: In Music we listened to high and low sounds and played them on chime bars.

Modifying Another Word

  • perfectly: Mozartâs stock now could hardly stand higher: his emotional ambiguity seems to chime perfectly with our times.
  • certainly: This certainly chimes with the message that the British government would like the European Union to heed.
  • well: A fine choice for a wide variety of musical tastes, which seems to chime well with a variety of partnering equipment too.

Noun used with modifier

  • bell: The original is a repeated ground bass built on a simple bell chime, with running variations in the solo part.
  • wind: Also, wind chimes are a must for the garden.
  • clock: Roberta woke to hear the little traveling clock chime two.
  • door: Portable door chimes Keep the door chime near you to hear the doorbell.

Preposition: of

  • bell: The chime of the golden bells at the foot of His priestly robe did not betray Him.

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