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Chime


Definition:

  • (n.) See Chine, n., 3.
  • (n.) The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.
  • (n.) A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions.
  • (n.) Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound.
  • (n.) To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.
  • (n.) To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with.
  • (n.) To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with.
  • (n.) To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
  • (v. i.) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
  • (v. i.) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 7.46am BST Thanks for all the comments on the blog this week - terrific how you are chiming in.
  • (2) They need tents very badly,” said Kempo Chimed Tsering.
  • (3) But one reason is that they chime with those of a powerful section of the political and security establishment.
  • (4) Because her achievements chime with bigger narratives.
  • (5) The software is very new.” The car will chime to remind drivers to put their hands back on the wheel, but that hasn’t stopped people experimenting – with hair-raising effects.
  • (6) Martin pantomimes the motion, holing up his fingers dramatically, and Malhotra chimes in with a “ding!” when the phantom bullet falls.
  • (7) Clegg's words chime with a strategy of highlighting differences with the Tories as the election approaches.
  • (8) Many of the causes backed by the brothers clearly chime with their own self-interests.
  • (9) He also said it was up to politicians to dismiss the 'lightweight sloganeering of PR men', an apparent reference to the way in which cabinet ministers are asked to chime in with the government over its implementation of a long-term economic plan.
  • (10) Two thirds of the 415 million people around the world who have type 2 diabetes live in cities That chimes with an important study published by Toronto Public Health, which looked into the increasing incidence of mental health problems and suicides in the city’s population.
  • (11) The government’s upcoming National Innovation Plan needs to address this vital issue.” Month-on-month figures showed a slight improvement in activity, chiming with official data that shows a recent upturn in manufacturing output.
  • (12) This is a very big project for me and my family.” But his reflections on what he has seen so far chime with Bravo’s concern about an absence of Darwinism in Qatari football.
  • (13) She is intrigued by the way houses either chime with you or don't.
  • (14) I am very happy to have this particular candidate chime in, I really am,” he said.
  • (15) The dip from 48,300 in July to 47,400 last month was the fourth fall in a row and chimed with other recent evidence that demand for property has weakened since the start of 2010.
  • (16) If any of this chimes with your general view of what's wrong with the world, it's fair to say that you'd like her.
  • (17) The allegations are potentially damaging because they appear, superficially at least, to chime with previous claims about Mrs Netanyahu's temper and concern with cleanliness.
  • (18) The negative outlook chimes with other surveys that reveal a dramatic slump in sentiment since the summer.
  • (19) Fellow goalkeeper Tim Howard chimed in after the first US practice on the field to note that the grass comes in trays and that it “kind of jells together” to create “spots on the field that may tear up easily.” Clint Dempsey was fairly sanguine though — noting that while the ball may not bounce as much on this surface, that with the field being watered well “the ball will be moving quickly —which is important — and rolling true.” Let’s hope that the turf becomes a footnote in the game.
  • (20) If you were in New York – and this chimes well with what I remember from my own youth in the city – the average worker thought it was a pain in the neck to live in this fairly dangerous city.

Clime


Definition:

  • (n.) A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After a short prologue, where it's established that a tall man and a young boy survive whatever it is we're about to read (and end up in the far sunnier climes of Mexico), we meet the town itself.
  • (2) However, filariasis cannot be eliminated from the differential diagnosis of testicular, epididymal, or spermatic cord masses in nontropical climes.
  • (3) That base covered, or at least shaded, Paul's other positions (pro-life, pro-gun, against NSA surveillance, Obamacare, regulation in general) need little protective coloring in the deep red climes of Tea Party nation.
  • (4) A similar sheath of fibroblasts to that surrounding the crypts of Lieberkühn in the colon, which it is climed undergoes constant renewal and migration, has now been identified in the rectum and thereby it may become possible to follow the cellular response to irradiation of a mesenchymal tissue.
  • (5) Down in the warmer climes of Florida, there was another candidate who, despite being the youngest in the race, cast himself this week as a viable alternative: Marco Rubio , Bush’s friend and longtime ally.
  • (6) Though Henry James deeply admired the psychological intensity of Hawthorne's work, his own writing travelled on from it with the haste of a man fleeing sultry discomforts for cooler climes.
  • (7) Culex quinquefasciatus also exists in more temperate climes, such as the southern United States, where it is known to carry the West Nile virus, and can survive winters.
  • (8) This phenomenon may be the common denominator of the survival advantage which has allowed both the successful evolution of species inhabiting warm, arid climes, and the persistence of the diabetic genotype in animal and human populations.
  • (9) Later this year north Kent's creaking line connects with High Speed 1, and whole swaths of hitherto distant climes become far more accessible.
  • (10) In his 1983 book More Cunning than Man, writer Robert Hendrickson lists “the obvious ways in which rats so well resemble humans: ferocity, omnivorousness, adaptability to all climes, migration from east to west in the life journey of their species, irresponsible fecundity in all seasons, with a seeming need to make genocidal war on their own kind.” He describes rats and men alike as “utterly destructive, both taking all other living things for their purposes.” Humanity’s long struggle with rats mostly signals the worst traits we share with them: our inability to live responsibly within our environment; our tendencies toward hedonism and greed; and our failures to look after the weakest among us.
  • (11) Despite the recession, the number of people searching for sunnier climes has increased significantly, while some tourism businesses in the UK are reporting that they are only half as busy as they would be in an average year.
  • (12) As he prepared to escape the heat of Washington last Friday, Barack Obama would have been forgiven for looking forward to the cooler climes of Camp David, his weekend retreat some 60 miles from the White House, tucked away in Maryland's Catoctin Mountain Park.
  • (13) While the crime plots may not necessarily be distinct from those faced by fictional British detectives, the sense of unfamiliarity offered up by tales from continental climes adds a sense of freshness.
  • (14) Close your eyes, enjoy the exotic flavours and be whisked away to warmer climes.
  • (15) 26 min: Reid swings a long ball from the right into the area, Bertos climing all over the back of Skrtel and conceding the free kick.
  • (16) Or, indeed, an international school recruiter offering a five-figure relocation package to exotic climes.
  • (17) It was on one of these writing breaks, in the slightly cooler climes of Blackpool, that he co-created Life on Mars with Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah.
  • (18) The new job forced Murrells and his family to move "north" to Prestbury, Cheshire, from the sunnier climes of Stratford-upon-Avon.
  • (19) From the sweltering heat of the Amazon rainforest to the chillier climes of Porto Alegre, fans and players have traversed huge distances and been welcomed with open arms.
  • (20) Thus, vitamin D deficiency may develop in confined, nonvitamin D fortified patients in Florida just as in more northern climes.

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