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- noun Plural form of
chime . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
chime .
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Examples
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The title chimes with his managerial re-emergence at West Bromwich Albion after a torrid 191 days in charge of Liverpool.
Roy Hodgson has no self-pity after his re-emergence at West Brom 2011
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Dave Sheinin chimes in with a national story on Mike Quade and the open Cubs managerial job.
Wilson Ramos, Ivan Rodriguez and the Nationals catching situation Adam Kilgore 2010
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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.
The Belgian Twins 1917
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Like the way we called the chimes by fulfilling specific requirements of the magic, thereby releasing it. "
Soul of the Fire Goodkind, Terry 1999
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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.
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And the word that chimes like a bell throughout this production is "death" which devours love and eventually sweeps all before it.
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The whistles on trains are called chimes, usually sounding a diminished 7th so as not to seem cheerful.
"You see, their young enter through the ears and wrap themselves around the cerebral cortex." Ann Althouse 2009
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He has slept right through their attempts to wake him with call chimes.
Touching History Lynn Spencer 2008
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He has slept right through their attempts to wake him with call chimes.
Touching History Lynn Spencer 2008
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