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
Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2025
The United Kingdom, France and Germany took the first step on Thursday in snapping back severe sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, signaling the death knell for the Obama-era nuclear deal, called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 28 Aug. 2025
If this sounds like the death knell for AI image watermarks, that’s warranted.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Aug. 2025
This week, Riley Green offers up a smoldering heartbreaker of a song, while Dolly Parton reunites with bluegrass group The Grascals on an uplifting new track, and HARDY and ERNEST team up for a new song sounding a death knell for bro country.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Verb
Despite that, though, sources have said this isn’t exactly the death knell for the show.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2025
The United Kingdom, France and Germany took the first step on Thursday in snapping back severe sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, signaling the death knell for the Obama-era nuclear deal, called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 28 Aug. 2025
If this sounds like the death knell for AI image watermarks, that’s warranted.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Aug. 2025
This week, Riley Green offers up a smoldering heartbreaker of a song, while Dolly Parton reunites with bluegrass group The Grascals on an uplifting new track, and HARDY and ERNEST team up for a new song sounding a death knell for bro country.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knell
Verb
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Michelin shares were down nearly 9% when the closing bell rang.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Carley Coleman, operations director at adjacent Via Vite, said her staff and guests dining at the restaurant were frightened when gunshots rang out.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Amid grills cooking savory barbecue, bubbles blowing from an ice cream truck, face painting and peals of laughter from kids in a nearby bouncy house, Justine Mosely Stephens was struggling not to tear up.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Amal wore a strapless white Tamara Ralph Haute Couture gown which was draped in peals from top to bottom, with some wrapped around her arms below the shoulder.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2025
Noun
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Despite the team’s 4-7 record last season, there were indicators that the Eagles could have a breakout season in the near future.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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Today’s land prices are also an indicator of what happened several years ago, said Bryon Parman, an associate professor and agricultural finance specialist at NDSU.—
April Baumgarten,
Twin Cities,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The bell tolled again on Sunday.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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While judges can toll statutes of limitations, in effect suspending the statute to allow litigation, none in the Bailey, Chalmers, Pryor and Robinson cases found sufficient reason to do so.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The spate of ding-dong-ditch killings has led some authorities to urge kids and teens not to do the prank at all.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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In 2020, three 16-year-olds were killed when a man rammed his car into their vehicle in retaliation for pulling a ding-dong-ditch prank on him.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Currently, the young signal caller has 1,168 yards, four touchdowns, and three interceptions.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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But by tamping down growth signals, the procedure can protect the macula, which is in the central retina.—
Liz Szabo,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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It’s also brilliantly arranged, from the chiming guitar on the intro to the way the rhythm section makes its entrance (McCartney-esque bassline and rat-a-tat snare) before pulling back on the chorus, where Ruess’ vocal appears to be floating in space on a bed of keyboards and piano.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Outside, bells chimed four o’clock.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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
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“Knell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knell. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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