Definition of PEAL

Synonyms for peal

Synonyms: Verb

Examples of peal in a Sentence

Noun

the peal of wedding bells

Verb

the village bells pealed every hour in commemoration

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

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. — Fox News, "Anna Wintour supports Scarlett Johansson wearing Marchesa to the Met Gala," 10 May 2018 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. — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, "LeBron James and the toolbox, the repertoire, the sweep: Bill Livingston (photos)," 7 May 2018 Langen gives #2 a tremulousness that’s equally capable of bursting into tears or cheering with a stentorian peal. — Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, "Marin Theatre Company’s ‘The Wolves,’ about a girls’ soccer team, a shut-out win," 21 Mar. 2018 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. — Thacher Schmid, latimes.com, "In Oregon, one college tries to make a home for 'Dreamers'," 19 Mar. 2018 His quiet, mischievous sense of humor was always greeted with peals of laughter from those in on the joke. — courant.com, "Mark Edmund Callahan," 30 Jan. 2018 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. — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, "A Long-Lost Composer Is Raised From the Dead," 29 Jan. 2018 Together, these forces gathered strength, peaked, and faded, yielding to the high peals of a lone basset horn. — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Orchestra welcomes new year with stupendous farewell in Mahler's Symphony No. 9 (review)," 12 Jan. 2018 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. — Kevin Spear, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Holden Heights hardware store still going strong after 5 decades," 12 Jan. 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

And the siren peals that pepper the work — originally written for 142 players, but scaled back to a 125-person orchestra in Varèse’s 1927 revision — were plenty loud on Mr. Dudamel’s watch. — Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, "Review: Dudamel and Los Angeles Bring the Noise to New York," 30 Apr. 2018 Jokowi makes the children promise, in a pealing question-and-answer response, to go out and play more. — The Economist, "Indonesia’s president is neither a grubby politician nor a diehard reformer," 10 May 2018 The trumpets and horns, facing off on opposite sides of the ensemble, created an energetic, pealing, antiphonal effect in the final hornpipe. — Elaine Schmidt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee Symphony stirs brilliant waves in 'Become Ocean'," 8 Apr. 2018 That rang a familiar alarm bell in my head that didn't stop pealing throughout JeffBo's time on the stage. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "Jeff Sessions Is Not Donald Trump's Lawyer," 18 Oct. 2017 But this time the guitarist peals a blistering line that seems to run the head melody backward. — John Kaag, WSJ, "How Improvisation Happens," 14 July 2017 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. — Bloomberg.com, "Big Ben Bell Falls Silent in London for Repairs Until 2021," 21 Aug. 2017 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. — Jill Lawless, The Seattle Times, "Big Ben bell falls silent in London for repairs until 2021," 21 Aug. 2017 A bell peals calling the faithful to gather under an open-air Tabernacle in front of a stage bedecked with green bunting. — Jill Yesko, baltimoresun.com, "Raising their voices: Hymn sings remain a summer tradition at Emory Grove," 15 Aug. 2017

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