How to Use sleigh bell in a Sentence

sleigh bell

noun
  • One dreams of a church bell tolling, and the other hears sleigh bells.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Santa boards the train and gives each child a silver sleigh bell.
    — Phil Kloer, ajc, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Each guest will take home a keepsake sleigh bell and souvenir golden ticket.
    — Jennifer Boehm, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Once there, Santa boards the train and hands each passenger a sleigh bell.
    — Mike Morris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Don’t expect chestnuts roasting on open fires or sleigh bells ringing in the snow.
    — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The addition of sleigh bells to the bouncy music underlined the idea.
    — Brian Seibert, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2019
  • 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
  • Every Christmas season, bells jingle, bells carol and sleigh bells ring.
    — Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle, 11 Dec. 2019
  • But then there was the slight jangle of a sleigh bell, and a reindeer stood up from behind the tree and stepped – cautiously – toward them.
    — Greg Borowski, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • On the return journey, Santa will greet each rider, and every child will receive a sleigh bell.
    — Robin Goist, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Wilshire dropped light sleigh bells into the background and recorded a very basic keyboard part that lent a little extra dreaminess.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The song has an energetic 50s jazz feel to it, with a full band, trumpet and sleigh bells behind Alan's voice.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Sing-alongs, the aroma of sugar cookies, classic movies, shoppers rushing to and fro, sleigh bells ringing, and the perfect pine.
    — Travel Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Others relish the frisky sounds of sleigh bells and triumphant cascades of horns that embellish so many holiday classics.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Others relish the frisky sounds of sleigh bells and triumphant cascades of horns that embellish so many holiday classics.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Santa Claus entered right on cue to a chorus of sleigh bells and thundering applause, much to the delight of the children.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2019
  • At the end of the trip, all passengers take home the silver sleigh bell, souvenir golden ticket, and plenty of touching memories.
    — Linda Marx, PEOPLE.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Passengers are treated to hot chocolate by dancing chefs, hear a reading of the book, and receive a silver sleigh bell from Santa.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Eastman built a contraption of mechanical sleigh bells that beat out a jangling pulse throughout the 70 minutes.
    — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 23 May 2018
  • Butter Bean, an elderly canine of terrier extraction, trots around the house in a sweater vest bearing a jangling sleigh bell.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Santa and his helpers greet passengers at the North Pole and then board the train, where each child is given the first gift of Christmas — a silver sleigh bell.
    — Valerie Swetten, Houston Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2019
  • When a Christmas-curdling thief steals what have long been believed to be Santa’s sleigh bells from the local museum, Violet is on the case.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • That symphony, with its musical sleigh bells, so reminiscent of childhood bliss, is a recurring motif in Jamie Bernstein’s book.
    — David Denby, The New Yorker, 16 June 2018
  • From small mantle-top sets to full-size reenactments with people and live farm animals, the depiction of the evening after the birth of Jesus is an icon of the season that far predates the the candy cane or sleigh bells.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2017
  • Small cells of material — including annunciatory themes as compelling as Adès’s — repeat (and repeat and repeat) and slowly evolve through the 70-minute work, over the ceaseless wintry shake of sleigh bells.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Years later, now a lawyer, Andi wins a radio contest where the host, Jake (Waite), turns the story of the sleigh bell and stranger into a segment, as listeners help track down her mystery man before Christmas.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 29 Nov. 2025
  • In between, while tending bar at his Rock Garden Tavern, he was known to tie sleigh bells to his knees and sing, play mandolin or fiddle, and—during especially spirited performances—jump from one table to another.
    — Paul Nicolaus, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
  • Years later, now a lawyer, Andi wins a radio contest where the host, Jake (Romaine Waite), turns the story of the sleigh bell and stranger into a segment, as listeners help track down her mystery man before Christmas.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The group’s recent gathering, featuring 14 of its approximately 30 members, was its last before the holiday season kicked into high gear, a riot of red attire, several handlebar mustaches and sleigh bell ringtones.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024

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