as in to ring
to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates
the church bells knelled to mark the death of the nation's beloved leader
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Recent Examples of knell
Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2020
Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
In November 2017, the court denied the NASL’s motion for a preliminary injunction, tolling the league’s death knell.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Day 18: Hard to focus with all the death knells tolling.
—Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2020
Noun
The rebel victory sounded the death knell for the Baath Party, which was founded in 1943, in Damascus, as a socialist movement meant to unify more than twenty Arab countries.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
In November 2017, the court denied the NASL’s motion for a preliminary injunction, tolling the league’s death knell.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Verb
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The district manager claimed that no Black & Mild cigars had actually been sold because the store’s point-of-sale system would have prevented a store clerk from ringing the product through the cash register.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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Within a few days, over 12,000 homes and businesses had been destroyed as flames ringed the city.—
David Marston,
The Denver Post,
14 Jan. 2025
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Within hours of arriving, what sounded like a distant peal of thunder rolled in—in this case, the rumble of a harmless, but still awe-inspiring, small-scale avalanche.—
Samantha Falewée,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Oct. 2024
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Many of the ringers wore earplugs or headphones to muffle the deafening peals.—
Joseph Wilson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
8 July 2024
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The watches feature three sub-dials with a permanent seconds indicator at 12 o'clock, 1/10th second chronograph counter and hour chronograph counter at 6 o'clock, and minute chronograph counter at 9 o'clock.—
Bhanu Chopra,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The circular loading indicator kept spinning, which felt a little overwhelming.—
Robert Anderson,
PCMAG,
22 Jan. 2025
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Whether his constitutional challenge gains traction remains to be seen, but for now, the combination of tolling provisions and allegations of ongoing evasion leave Ver’s case squarely within the government’s reach.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes,
6 Dec. 2024
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State officials plan to start tolling on Jan. 5, 2025.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
22 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Not a very productive interrogation … that is until there’s a ding-dong at the door.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2024
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Ditch the classic ding-dong and instead opt for a more holiday-appropriate sound, like a howl, a cackling witch, or other creepy sounds.—
Cody Godwin,
USA TODAY,
27 Sep. 2024
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China has cut its purchases of Russian coal in the latest signal in a trading relationship between Russia and China that has become complicated.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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There's no snow in the seven-day forecast, and the NWS's Climate Prediction Center doesn't have any clear signals about what might happen the rest of the winter.—
Nick Halter,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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This chimes with a recent report from the Wall Street Journal which claimed that the iPhone 17 Air will likely cost around $899.—
David Phelan,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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Other Redditors chimed offering similar solutions to the matter, some even suggested that taller passengers should pay extra and sit in business class.—
Gil Macias,
People.com,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Though this installation of tintinnabulation has been a feature of the garden for more than a decade, some frequent visitors only noticed the chimes this summer, when a small crew recently installed them in a large linden tree adjacent to Parade Stadium.—
Kim Hyatt,
Star Tribune,
23 July 2021
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Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Oct. 2021
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“Knell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knell. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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