How to Use jingle in a Sentence

jingle

1 of 2 verb
Definition of jinglenext
Synonyms for jinglenext
  • Bells jingled in the distance.
  • She jingled the coins in her pocket.
  • The bell above the door — the one that jingles when a customer walks in — had been silent for an hour.
    — Lizzie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Goodnight Moon provides a tiny mouse that jingles along with a big moon that lights up.
    — Houston Chronicle, 24 June 2018
  • May your medals jingle all the way through Fiesta 2022 and beyond.
    — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The bell jingled, and one of the quartier’s restaurant people appeared, a waiter.
    — Bill Buford, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The flowers look like sleigh bells on a handle, and those flowers, when jingled, spew yellow pollen grains into the air.
    — Lucas Joel, Quartz, 15 Aug. 2019
  • One Hallmark Christmas movie lover will jingle all the way to the bank this holiday season.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • On a rod attached to the harnesses of the lead horses often hung a series of small bells that jingled as the wagons moved along.
    — Mary Ann Ashcraft, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Tree jingled her way to the next round, leaving Butterfly and Thingamajig to battle it out in the showdown round.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Coach Z. was already out there, jingling change in his pocket, looking up at Cassiopeia.
    — Will MacKin, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017
  • What: Have a jingling good time and do some good, as 100 percent of registration fees goes to the Arthritis Foundation.
    — Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2019
  • But both outperform bells by over 30 percent and avoid your house sounding like Santa's jingling down the chimney year round.
    — Amanda Castleman, Good Housekeeping, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Irked by a festive neighborhood display, one cranky neighbor is jingling all the way to court over Christmas music.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 14 Dec. 2016
  • All your seasonal favorites played with one of a kind special effects and jingling bells of the Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ.
    — Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • And on Tuesday’s episode, audiences saw the remaining six competitors perform during the same episode for the first time this season before the Tree jingled all the way home.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Choreography and dress design have evolved over the years, but the jingling sound remains, Google's explanation notes.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 15 June 2019
  • Join us for all your seasonal favorites as the one of a kind special effects and jingling bells of the Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ sets off the holiday spirit.
    — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 2 Dec. 2019
  • New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft once threatened to move the team if public money didn’t come jingling for a new stadium.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 12 Aug. 2017
  • To a soundtrack of jingling bells and sprightly piano tinkling, Mrs. Trump glides silently through the White House summoning our attention with her gestures.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Most mountain resorts already score highly in the winter wonderland stakes, but some have that extra magic to jingle your yuletide bells.
    — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 21 Dec. 2021
  • The family doesn’t want to leave with a plastic bag full of grandpa’s things, or an empty pet carrier, a collar that seems somehow smaller and dirtier now, tags jingling.
    — S.e. Smith, Longreads, 2 Nov. 2017
  • What to Consider: The large metal zippers tend to jingle constantly, which can become annoying.
    — Rebecca Carhart, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2022
  • On those nights, students can learn a variety of native social dances, some incorporating shawls, hoops, and jingling bells, as well as drumming techniques.
    — Isaac Hale, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2018
  • Some of these include stacks of bangles of their choosing— vendors often attend the henna sessions with boxes of glittery, jingling glass bracelets—and small, daintily beaded bags.
    — Noor Brara, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2018
  • Featuring a breakaway clasp and reflective tape for safety, the bell is also designed to only jingle when your cat is especially active.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 11 July 2022
  • Bracelets can jingle, diamonds and sparkles can reflect light in peculiar ways and necklaces can interfere with lavalier microphones.
    — Jane Hanson, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Leathery-skinned women wearing jingling bangles, men in white turbans and a rickshaw driver in a dress shirt took turns feeding the injured animals handfuls of roasted chickpeas and offering prayers.
    — Shashank Bengali, latimes.com, 17 May 2018
  • After more than three decades jingling in pockets and purses, the coin has been replaced with a snazzier 12-sided model introduced in March that has features aimed at defeating counterfeiters.
    — Bloomberg.com, 9 Oct. 2017
  • If adventure really jingles your bells, plan an adrenaline-boosting trip.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2019
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jingle

2 of 2 noun
  • I heard the jingle of bells.
  • The jingle of an ice cream cart played in the backdrop.
    — Simon Romero, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • Che, before putting on the cat jingle and the ABC song.
    — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2021
  • Adults in green tracksuits have the length of the jingle to move forward and stop before the doll turns.
    — Quinci Legardye, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2021
  • In the 1990s, Dr. John lent his funky vocal and piano licks to a Popeyes jingle.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The guy who wrote that jingle, Bob Pritikin, was a genius.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Oct. 2021
  • That jingle is something that, once heard, does not leave your brain.
    — Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Things indeed seem to go better with Coke, as the old ad jingle went.
    — Larry Light, Fortune, 14 July 2022
  • Guests can call him with a jingle of a little silver bell.
    — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 12 June 2023
  • In the audio, there’s the sound of the river, the jingle of Banana’s collar, birdsong and the hum of traffic in the distance.
    — New York Times, 3 May 2021
  • Seared to order, the result is a marvel of gooey crunch, and a sly wink at a 50-year-old Big Mac jingle.
    — Michael Russell, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2021
  • The intro swirl system jingle would have been cool, too.
    — Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The good news is the shortage means some extra jingle for the Kris Kringle cosplayers.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Didn’t America come up with the best of all jingles—the one about the pursuit of happiness?
    — Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
  • First came the fevered pitch of the warm-up speeches and the catchy campaign jingle, in English and Spanish, which rang through the air at the park just south of City Hall.
    — New York Times, 24 May 2021
  • But, of course, Biden is trying to offer the country a doctrine rather than a jingle.
    — Josh Boak, Fortune, 3 July 2023
  • His law firm, Morgan & Morgan, is offering a big prize for the best new jingle to go with the brand.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The two enjoy a cup of Joe when their parents come downstairs to see their son while the Folgers jingle plays.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Orefice Roth brings the jingle, the jangle, and some tasty lap steel to their indie Americana tunes.
    — cleveland, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Abels wrote a lot of the film’s source music, from the faux-western score tracks that play in the Jupiter’s Claim theme park to a fast food jingle that didn’t make the final cut.
    — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Fragments of a song or jingles wind up playing on repeat in your head.
    — WIRED, 15 July 2023
  • In the late ’70s, a cousin in France gave me a jingle and said, ‘There’s a gentleman here in France who started a new procedure.
    — Steve Metsch, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2021
  • For her campaign, Flordelis recorded a jingle, which became a huge hit.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 7 June 2021
  • Washburn Crosby tried one more thing to sell the cereal: a singing jingle.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2021
  • For a little extra jingle, pay to place a life-sized cutout of yourself or a friend in a stage-side audience seat.
    — Bonnie McCarthy, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The modernization of the campaign includes a new jingle for the radio.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 12 May 2021
  • An amateur gumshoe, following the woozy clinking of the out-of-tune jingle, caught up with him near a park in Cobble Hill.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2020
  • This kit includes three boxes, five yards of red and white bakers twine, three parchment rounds, and nine jingle bells.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2020
  • This 1980s earworm of a jingle touted a gadget to turn your lights, your TV, or any other electrical device on or off with the clap of your hands.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The multi-sensory toy crinkles and jingles and keeps cats engaged with a catnip filling that our cat loved.
    — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024

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