Sentence examples for a chime from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a chime" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a ringing sound made by a bell or a similar instrument, often in contexts related to timekeeping or signaling.
Example: "The clock struck midnight, and a chime echoed through the empty hall."
Alternatives: "a bell" or "a ringing sound".

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A chime was heard.

A chime rings, passengers stand up.

Some reported seeing a red light or hearing a chime.

Next, a chime alerts the driver that a text message — maybe important — has landed.

"The Real" set the tone, with a chime of Fender Rhodes piano cushioning its heavy downbeat.

If the car crosses a lane line without a signal from the blinker, a chime sounds.

Failure to fasten seatbelts can also activate a chime and mute the audio system.

But that system does not sound a chime or other aural alarm.

Occasionally the opening of a hand or the planting of a heel perfectly illumines a chime or a drumbeat.

Of that last Smith performance the critic Bernard Levin said: "She spoke the epilogue like a chime of golden bells.

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A bell chimes.

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