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
Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
Each challenge seemed to sound a death knell for going to the movies, from the rise of streaming to current debates over movie-going etiquette.
—Mackenzie Farkus, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025
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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
Kevin Winter—Getty Images The effect felt like a death knell for the franchise which many in Hollywood fear will lose its verve now that a tech conglomerate has gotten its hands on it.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
Each challenge seemed to sound a death knell for going to the movies, from the rise of streaming to current debates over movie-going etiquette.
—Mackenzie Farkus, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knell
Verb
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Samara Cohen, Chief Investment Officer of ETF and Index Investments at Blackrock, (C) rings the opening bell as Bitcoin Spot ETF’s are launched on the Nasdaq Exchange on January 11, 2024 in New York City.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
11 Apr. 2025
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The venue was ringed by ample restaurants, but when Warrier finished, around 11 p.m., they were all closed.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2025
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Instead, fans turned the nasty weather into a party, cheering louder at every peal of thunder.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 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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As a true indicator of simpler times, an organizer would join forces with an injector to offer neurotoxin aesthetic treatments on a budget for a wide group of attendees.—
Dahvi Shira,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Investor Perspectives For those seeking to sell or divest from the neighborhood, rising home values serve as a favorable indicator of potential higher ROI (returns on investment).—
William Jones,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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New York’s congestion pricing program — which tolls drivers in Midtown and lower Manhattan in order to reduce congestion and fund an array of public transit projects — is at the center of the fight.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
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The current version of the bill removes a requirement that interstates not be tolled if located within 75 miles of an existing tollway like the Indiana Toll Road.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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Bomer is good when Jerry the ding-dong must navigate a moment of real sentiment or complication; the juxtaposition is effective.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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That was a fantastically exciting ding-dong 2-2 — with Atletico missing a 99th penalty and eventually being eliminated from the Champions League after the group stage.—
Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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This is what happens when the federal government sends a signal that people who have lawfully been granted money by the government are actually scammers and fraudsters.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
22 Apr. 2025
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Stat! Hot flashes are caused by special chemical messengers in the brain that send signals to blood vessels to flush the skin, causing sweating.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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That’s what Mastercard discovered when developing its iconic acceptance sound, a six-note melody that chimes whenever a payment is processed.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The dialogue chimes with the jarringly confrontational tone Trump’s team has taken towards Europe, particularly on contributions to NATO and on the war in Ukraine, which have sparked a race on the continent to shore up its own military readiness.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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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 1 May. 2025.
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