1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. xii. sig. aa.vii^v/1 Wyth betynge of basynes: tyngynge & tynkynge [a1398 BL Add. tillynge and tynkynge, a1450 Bodl. trillinge and tingelinge] of tymbres they [sc. bees] ben comforted & callyd to the hyues.

?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye i. sig. d7 S. dominikes boxe (whych hath suche power that assone as the tinginge is harde in the boxe so sone the soule is fre in heauen).

1654 R. Dingley Divine Opticks 63 Not that I commend the devotion of those who at the tinging of a bell, arise from their beds to the beads.

1840 Peter Parley's Ann. 54 It [sc. a clock] goes click clack, tick tack,..ting, ting, ting, ting, and stops between its tinging almost as if it were out of breath.

1918 Strand Mag. June 463/1 The sharp tinging of bells which indicate success at try-your-strength machines.

2015 C. McLeod Settlers of Unassigned Lands 99 The room's minor sounds (the tinging of the spurs, the barely perceptible whine of the paused DVD, the Focus Group's murmurs) had dampened.

1591 T. Churchyard Epit. Sir W. Mildmay in Reuyuing of Deade sig. A4^v His silence spake by stayed lookes, but when he moou'd his tongue: Like tinging bell of siluer sound, the Counsell chamber ronge.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Charivaris de poelles, the carting of an infamous person, graced with the harmonie of tinging kettles, and frying-pan Musicke.

1886 Judy 15 Dec. 277 Bells! electric bells! Their noise soft sleep dispels, And getting up compels To stop the horrid clamour of the ringing, tinging bells.

2018 M. Sarno Just under Clouds (2019) xv. 78 We have to plop Adare down into a seat and she crosses her arms, kicks her legs against the metal, over and over, like this odd, tinging bell, while I pretend not to notice her fuss.