(as) clear as a bell
idiom
: very clear
Clear as a bell, I heard him say my name.
It was clear as a bell that morning—not a cloud in the sky.
The water was as clear as a bell.
: very clearly
Examples of (as) clear as a bell in a Sentence
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What’s clear as a bell post Covid, there is no floor to what a movie will open to evident in Fall Guy, Joker Folie a Deux, etc, but when a movie connects –there is no limit to it.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2024
Along with the set and costumes (by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung), the key craft element is Garth MacAleavey’s sound design, which makes every lyric clear as a bell, every note of music crystalline.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
But as a warning against placing too much faith in miracles performed by saviors, Dr. Death rings clear as a bell.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
Bright, lively, and clear as a bell, the wine serves to cleanse the palate between each bite.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2023
But my memories of everything that happened to me there is clear as a bell.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2023
In a splashy new Broadway revival, the role is played by Sutton Foster (above), who, like Cook, has a soprano tone as clear as a bell on a hill and an uncanny ability to make her work look easy.
—The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2021
Hank Williams or Kitty Wells — clear as a bell from West Virginia.
—George Vecsey, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022
My phone had accidentally dialed my sister in Los Angeles who came through clear as a bell in western Uganda in the bottom of a gorge.
—Demetria Gallegos, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2024
Along with the set and costumes (by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung), the key craft element is Garth MacAleavey’s sound design, which makes every lyric clear as a bell, every note of music crystalline.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
But as a warning against placing too much faith in miracles performed by saviors, Dr. Death rings clear as a bell.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
Bright, lively, and clear as a bell, the wine serves to cleanse the palate between each bite.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2023
But my memories of everything that happened to me there is clear as a bell.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2023
In a splashy new Broadway revival, the role is played by Sutton Foster (above), who, like Cook, has a soprano tone as clear as a bell on a hill and an uncanny ability to make her work look easy.
—The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2021
Hank Williams or Kitty Wells — clear as a bell from West Virginia.
—George Vecsey, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022
My phone had accidentally dialed my sister in Los Angeles who came through clear as a bell in western Uganda in the bottom of a gorge.
—Demetria Gallegos, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
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“(as) clear as a bell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28as%29%20clear%20as%20a%20bell. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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