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Examples of peal in a Sentence
the peal of wedding bells
Recent Examples of peal from the Web
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The evening’s co-chair sported a peal-and-crystal embellished Margiela Artisanal gown by John Galliano, complete with a matching headpiece inspired by the pope’s mitre.
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In Game 4 Monday night, James drifted in an 8-footer in the third quarter, on which the ball flew over the corner of the backboard and landed in the net with a whispering swish that brought a peal of thunder from the crowd.
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Langen gives #2 a tremulousness that’s equally capable of bursting into tears or cheering with a stentorian peal.
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As Maldonado, Garcia and Caballero spoke, their words were often weighted with an emotion that contrasted with peals of laughter and lively discussions coming from several students working with mentors.
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His quiet, mischievous sense of humor was always greeted with peals of laughter from those in on the joke.
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Arranging themselves a few to each piano, these interlopers began to press the keys, too, for a climactic effect that eventually matched the rich, chaotic peal of a full carillon of church bells.
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Together, these forces gathered strength, peaked, and faded, yielding to the high peals of a lone basset horn.
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The flow, according to Finley, a civil engineer by training, begins when a customer pushes open the front door, which has a strip of metal on its top edge that raps a sharp peal from a hanging cow bell.
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Origin and Etymology of peal
Middle English, appeal, summons to church, short for appel appeal, from appelen to appeal
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1a
See Words from the same yearExamples of peal in a Sentence
the village bells pealed every hour in commemoration
Recent Examples of peal from the Web
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Jokowi makes the children promise, in a pealing question-and-answer response, to go out and play more.
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The trumpets and horns, facing off on opposite sides of the ensemble, created an energetic, pealing, antiphonal effect in the final hornpipe.
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That rang a familiar alarm bell in my head that didn't stop pealing throughout JeffBo's time on the stage.
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But this time the guitarist peals a blistering line that seems to run the head melody backward.
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The crowd burst into cheers and applause as the last faded away, and bells at nearby Westminster Abbey pealed a noisy farewell to their neighbor.
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The crowd burst into cheers and applause as the last faded away, and bells at nearby Westminster Abbey pealed a noisy farewell to their neighbor.
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A bell peals calling the faithful to gather under an open-air Tabernacle in front of a stage bedecked with green bunting.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'peal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of peal
see 1peal
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First Known Use: 1593
in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
See Words from the same yearPEAL Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of peal for English Language Learners
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: the loud ringing of bells
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: a loud sound or series of sounds
PEAL Defined for Kids
Definition of peal for Students
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: the sound of bells
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: a loud sound : a series of loud sounds
- a peal of thunder
Definition of peal for Students
pealed;
pealing
: to make a loud sound and especially the sound of bells.
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