How to Use bell in a Sentence

bell

noun

• The servers could walk right up to the door and ring the bell.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 May 2023
• The 16-year-old climbed to the top of a wall, rang the bell and slumped over.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
• The church bell tolled four times as the names of the girls were read.
  — Kimberly Chandler The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
• Once trained, the birds were free to ring the bell on their own accord.
  — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 2 May 2024
• So was the number of times that the church bell chimed in Detroit.
  — Mike Ives, New York Times, 2 May 2023
• When in minute repeater mode, the bell is black; in alarm mode the bell is red.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2023
• How to Do It: Start holding the bell with both hands by the horns, with the weight at about chest height.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 13 June 2023
• Not a name that sets off the alarm bells of memory, right?
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
• No first bells, no last bells … there are no children near the school.
  — Dasha Sviachena, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2023
• The keys link to dozens of bells in the tower, including a six-ton one that rings the hours.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
• Instead, the birds often rang their bells to see their friends.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
• The creatures wore bells and were permitted to roam free in the streets to forage.
  — Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023
• Hot-glue red jingle bells to the wreath, placing most of them on the full-white pinecones to help the color pop.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2023
• The backpacks and sneakers could be a little more beat-up when the school bell rings this fall.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 12 July 2023
• Each night, a guest is chosen to ring the bell to celebrate the sun setting.
  — Brittany Anas, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• When Crowder rang the bell at that house, a middle-aged man opened the door, saw them, and turned away with a wave of his hand.
  — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2023
• Pushing the membrane against the mesh screen is like ringing the dinner bell.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
• Across the Rio Grande in Matamoros, church bells would ring and the spired cathedrals would remind the Irish soldiers of the old world.
  — Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2024
• Some saxophones had the bell keys, now always on the right side of the instrument, on the left.
  — Chris Almeida, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2024
• Knox Bistro was formerly Up on Knox, if that name rings a bell.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• Many schools ring their final bell during that block of time.
  — Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024
• Class is again in session, but not everyone heard the bell.
  — Devika Rao, theweek, 18 Jan. 2024
• Feathery clouds drifted over wooden chalets, and cows with bells around their necks grazed in the fields.
  — Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2024
• There was a Catholic Church where the bell tolled regularly and where the doors were always wide open.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• Shares were halted before the market opened and jumped more than 30% at the opening bell.
  — CBS News, 3 May 2023
• Carrier stock jumped more than 4% ahead of the opening bell.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
• Noise makers of any kind (whistles, horns, bells, etc.).
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
• From the translucent shoes to the low-rise bell bottoms, to the belt, studded bag and bracelets — this outfit screams early 2000s.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
• For others, the bell ringing has been cause for a different kind of cheer.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
• But some of the details in Trump’s latest indictment may ring a bell.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024