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- noun Plural form of
chiming .
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Examples
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I take the time to listen to the inner chimings of my mind, and as I do in the morning, I use breathing exercises to unwind and quiet the chatter.
Zippora Karz: How to Relax: Letting Yourself Unwind Zippora Karz 2010
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Into the centre of the Veil the light drew itself, grew into an intolerable brightness — and with a storm of tinklings, a tempest of crystalline notes, a tumult of tiny chimings, through it sped — the Shining One!
The Moon Pool 2004
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And when she spoke the golden voice held more than returning echoes of the far-away, faint chimings.
The Metal Monster 2004
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I clapped my hands to my ears as a cacophony of high-pitched noises—which sounded like chimings of bells as incarnated in the throat of children—filled the room.
Sir Apropos of Nothing PETER DAVID 2001
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I clapped my hands to my ears as a cacophony of high-pitched noises—which sounded like chimings of bells as incarnated in the throat of children—filled the room.
Sir Apropos of Nothing PETER DAVID 2001
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I clapped my hands to my ears as a cacophony of high-pitched noises—which sounded like chimings of bells as incarnated in the throat of children—filled the room.
Sir Apropos of Nothing PETER DAVID 2001
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Their flutings and chimings blended with the boom of wind, the thrum of the cords that bound him.
Three Worlds to Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964
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Their flutings and chimings blended with the boom of wind, the thrum of the cords that bound him.
Three Worlds To Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964
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Sometimes, under the warm clear darkness, the noises of field and earth swelled to a kind of soft thunder: his quickened ears heard a thousand small outcries contributing to the awful energy of the world -- faint chimings and whistlings in the grass, and endless flutter, rustle, and whirr.
Where the Blue Begins Christopher Morley 1923
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Into the centre of the Veil the light drew itself, grew into an intolerable brightness -- and with a storm of tinklings, a tempest of crystalline notes, a tumult of tiny chimings, through it sped -- the Shining One!
The Moon Pool 1919
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