clock chimes (the hour)

Examples (10)

• The old grandfather clock chimes beautifully every hour.
• I was startled when the church clock suddenly chimed midnight.
• Listen, the mantel clock is about to chime three.
• The town hall clock has chimed the hour for over two centuries.
• We heard the distant clock chime once, signaling the half-hour.
• Will this new digital clock chime on the hour like the old one did?
• As the clock chimed ten, the guests knew it was time to leave.
• The antique clock is programmed to chime a different melody each day.
• Its batteries are low, so the clock no longer chimes correctly.
• A cuckoo clock is a type of clock that chimes the hour with a sound like a cuckoo's call.