Chimes

Word CHIMES
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /tʃaɪmz/

Definitions and meanings of "Chimes"

What do we mean by chimes?

A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.

An individual ringing component of such a set.

A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.

The sound of such an instrument or device.

A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.

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The word "chimes" in example sentences

The title chimes with his managerial re-emergence at West Bromwich Albion after a torrid 191 days in charge of Liverpool. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Dave Sheinin chimes in with a national story on Mike Quade and the open Cubs managerial job. ❋ Adam Kilgore (2010)

AMERICAblog News: McCain chimes in on bailout/mortgage crisis skip to main | skip to sidebar ❋ Unknown (2008)

The village clock struck seven and was answered faintly by the sound of distant chimes from the Cathedral of Malines, miles away across the plain. ❋ Unknown (1917)

Like the way we called the chimes by fulfilling specific requirements of the magic, thereby releasing it. " ❋ Goodkind, Terry (1999)

Getting a title that chimes with the times is crucial, and West Yorkshire Playhouse may hit gold with this major revival of the Depression-set musical about a perky, red-headed orphan who wins the heart of mean-minded multi-millionaire Daddy Warbucks and, in the process, helps president Roosevelt work out his new economic policy. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And the word that chimes like a bell throughout this production is "death" which devours love and eventually sweeps all before it. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The whistles on trains are called chimes, usually sounding a diminished 7th so as not to seem cheerful. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

He has slept right through their attempts to wake him with call chimes. ❋ Lynn Spencer (2008)

But this is not the case with mean old Ebenezer Scrooge, whose first name chimes with "squeezer" as well as with "geezer," whose last name is a combination of "screw" and "gouge," and whose author disapproves mightily of his ways: ❋ Margaret Atwood (2008)

What you told Richard was true: Kahlan would have to be his third wife to have called the chimes into this world. ❋ Goodkind, Terry (1999)

"Kolo said they were quite alarmed at first, but after investigating they discovered the chimes were a simple weapon and easily overcome." ❋ Goodkind, Terry (1999)

"Zedd said you would have to be my third wife in order to have called the chimes forth into this world." ❋ Goodkind, Terry (1999)

"Yesterday, with Zedd and Ann, you told us Kolo said they were quite alarmed at first, but after investigating they discovered the chimes were a simple weapon and easily overcome." ❋ Goodkind, Terry (1999)

The chimes are a hole in that barrel that has just been uncorked, letting the water drain away. ❋ Goodkind, Terry (1999)

The spell called the chimes because they were from the other side and had the power to do that. ❋ Goodkind, Terry (1999)

_Miniature curtain descends to some strange music recalling the chimes of a clock. ❋ Michael Strange (N/A)

But there are also comment boxes called "chimes" that are more like tweets. ❋ C [email protected] (Benny Evangelista (2011)

Unlike stationary bells known as chimes or carillons, the change-ringing bells swing or rotate 360 degrees on a wheel as ringers pull on ropes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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