chiming in

present participle of chime in

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of chiming in The incident has gotten people talking, with even the Florida attorney general chiming in. Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Numerous assistants are chiming in with suggestions, reminders about personnel or defensive tendencies. Joseph Person, New York Times, 24 June 2026 From other manufacturers not chiming in with a diesel immediately after. Joel Feder, The Drive, 17 June 2026 During Season 1, Santos — who, like Briones, is half-Filipino — surprised nurses Princess (Kristin Villanueva) and Perlah (Amielynn Abellera) by chiming in on their gossip session in Tagalog. Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026 With comedy legends and late-night insiders chiming in as talking heads, the documentary shows how impressions of presidents have become one of America’s most powerful tools in terms of political storytelling. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 June 2026 When a reporter asked about the statement, four different WHO officials, including the director-general, took turns chiming in. Andrew Joseph, STAT, 20 May 2026 House of Highlights personality Lucas Brody of the Broadcast Boys will join the show to interact with talent, players and those chiming in online. Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 18 May 2026 Exercising that influence doesn’t necessarily require chiming in at city council meetings or lobbying the parks department, though that’s time well spent. Big Think, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chiming in
Verb
  • Cancer June 21 – July 22 The work request interrupting your private time may need a firmer boundary today.
    Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Some weeks the flashbacks are momentum-killers, interrupting the intense drama in Silo 18.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Randolph, a four-year varsity player, emerged last season as a disruptive force by blending elite size with mobility, quickness and athleticism.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Recently recruited executive chef Spencer Coplan serves an inventive menu blending seasonally appropriate Hudson Valley farm-to-table, Americana, and international influences.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is a constant threat cutting in from the left, and if Dembélé features, he will be given the freedom to drift and find pockets of space centrally.
    Dean Jones, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Add shortening and continue cutting in until flour is pale yellow and resembles coarse cornmeal with butter bits no larger than small peas.
    Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • According to the University of Southampton, the cliff system stretched across regions corresponding to present-day Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Zeimetz, coincidentally or not, posted pictures at a Hammond restaurant and at a Joliet Slammers baseball game on those corresponding dates.
    Megan De Mar, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Just recently, a client came to us because their onboarding and user data pipeline kept breaking in ways their users could feel.
    Dan Haiem, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Not a week goes by without news of a high-profile auction breaking in Publishers Weekly.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Another study observed children as young as ten months old correlating larger physical statures with dominance.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
  • By correlating vulnerabilities into potential attack paths, teams can prioritize issues that could realistically lead to privilege escalation, lateral movement, or data access—rather than treating all findings equally.
    William Jones, USA Today, 3 June 2026

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“Chiming in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chiming%20in. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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