(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.
Timepiece
Definition:
(n.) A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.
Example Sentences:
(1) "No, I did not," Pistorius said, "except for the police stealing my watches, my lady," he said referring to luxury timepieces that had gone missing at the Steenkamp crime scene.
(2) After it emerged that the Brazilian FA had handed out 65 designer watches worth more than £1m at the World Cup Dyke said he had no idea the timepiece was worth so much and that he would return it as requested .
(3) The presence of timepieces and patients' use of television were associated with higher levels of mental clarity.
(4) Murray frantically searched for the £2,500 timepiece before members of his box finally told him to look in his bag.
(5) In Phase I (12 weeks), 36 patients were randomly assigned to a medication vial equipped with a cap containing a digital timepiece that displays the last time the cap was removed.
(6) Covered stands shelter nearly 10,000 seats while an executive box looks down from what, thanks to its timepiece, can only be the clock end.
(7) Results of the two-phase study showed statistically significant increases in medication compliance associated with statistically and clinically significant reductions in blood pressure for all patients using the timepiece cap.
(8) Phase II (12 weeks) combined use of the timepiece cap with other compliance aids: a pocket-size card for recording blood pressure and a blood pressure cuff for self-monitoring.
(9) A miniature gold carriage clock had been placed at his table setting, but he still checked his wrist – modest shirt buttons, no cufflinks, under a sober black suit – for his slightly battered brown wristwatch, a far cry from Sarkozy's famously expensive timepieces.
(10) The French actor Gérard Depardieu has partnered with Swiss watch manufacturer Cvstos to launch a line of new timepieces under the banner "Proud to be Russian".
(11) Patients using the timepiece cap and the card had an average compliance rate of 98.7% with mean decreases of 11 mm Hg in systolic pressure (P less than .01) and 7.64 Hg mm in diastolic pressure (P = .0001).
(12) Viewed from our lofty 21st-century vantage point, it already seems something of a timepiece: a snapshot of a specific era in US culture; a tenuous accessory to crimes that have been duly tried, sentenced and consigned to history.
(13) Subjects using the timepiece cap showed an average compliance rate of 95.1%, an average decrease in systolic pressure of 7.6 mm Hg (P = .006), and an average decrease in diastolic pressure of 8.8 mm Hg (P less than .001).
(14) They are a little easier to wear than the computer-aided spectacles it is still tinkering with, and enthusiasts will no doubt put the hi-tech timepieces on their wish lists.
(15) Timepieces with touchscreens, made by Samsung (pictured) and LG using Google's software for wearable devices, went on sale on Wednesday from the company's online shop.
(16) This method requires only a radiation-rate meter, special graph paper, and a timepiece.
(17) Ahmed Mohamed, an engineering hobbyist, made the timepiece and brought it to school in the hope of impressing teachers and fellow students in his first few weeks at MacArthur High School.