as in to ring
to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates
the village bells pealed every hour in commemoration
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Recent Examples of peal
Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
What other unique design features are a part of the new St. Charles?
Another feature of the church people can enjoy, Cattani said, are four large bells in the church's bell tower that peal throughout the day as well as for weddings and funerals.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
This last part seemed to be a joke, eliciting a peal of laughter from his wife.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 3 Feb. 2026
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Verb
After the funeral, St. Peter's great bells pealed in mourning.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
What other unique design features are a part of the new St. Charles?
Another feature of the church people can enjoy, Cattani said, are four large bells in the church's bell tower that peal throughout the day as well as for weddings and funerals.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
Noun
The solemn peal of a temple bell rang out 108 times — an auspicious number — as people flocked to the Baoan Temple in Taipei on Tuesday morning.
—ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
This last part seemed to be a joke, eliciting a peal of laughter from his wife.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peal
Verb
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Gorgeous gardens and common spaces, including a large pool ringed by palm trees, and a stylish main house with plenty of sitting areas and dining nooks.—
Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2026
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Days before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to adopt its multibillion-dollar budget for the year that begins July 1, a government watchdog group is ringing alarm bells over the fiscal health of the nation’s fifth-largest county.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 June 2026
Noun
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Cloudy chords, meditative tintinnabulation, the whoosh of wind and rain, blocks of iridescent brass — all these discrete sonorities trundled by, like a train of boxcars with panoramas painted on their sides.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Oct. 2021
Verb
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When activated, the speakers chime twice every second, with more sustained notes than those from traditional railroad crossing signals.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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Various limited editions followed, marking a new era of mechanical watches and highly complicated timepieces, including chiming watches, which Stern was a true fan of.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Hopefully, now this kid can stop being a moody ass little ding-dong about it.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
8 May 2026
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While moist’s related meanings certainly might drive our dislike, Max Müller’s ding-dong theory, known now as sound symbolism, provides an alternative, suggesting it instead (or also) might have something to do with the specific sounds that are in the word.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Even in the Upper South, a higher-than-usual temperature and drought combo can be a death knell for gardens.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
16 June 2026
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The financial strife seemed like a death knell for one of the city’s largest redevelopment projects, an effort Stammel spent years helping to engineer.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Toy keyboard plinks and saxophone squawks spiral over a booming racket of drums in the ether, slyly threatening to collapse, like an elaborate plate-spinning act.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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The orchestration — rich, fluid, and glistening with the vaguely exotic plinks of the cimbalom — has the plushness of an antique carpet.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Brunson, who scored 36 and otherwise was the co-author of the comeback, had a 3-pointer clang off the front of the rim, but Anunoby soared over everyone to guide the miss and tip it in.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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The album’s official versions smooth out some of the buzzy sibilance of the bootlegs, but Hold Onto Me Infinity accommodates lots of tasteful clangs and wubs.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Pygmy Rattlesnakes are small and colorful, around 15 to 20 inches in length, with a vertical pupil, thin tail, and tiny rattle.—
Jack Armstrong,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
3 June 2026
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Elsewhere in the snippet of the music video, Latto could be seen walking around a white crib and viewing a scrapbook featuring a page with a rattle and dummy and a positive ClearBlue pregnancy test placed on top.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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“Peal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peal. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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