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Definition of peal
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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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Each swami took a microphone and addressed the crowd for several minutes, some sending the attendees into peals of laughter with what sounded like standup-comedy patter.
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The cheap peal and stick decorations from Beija Flor World made for a fast transformation.
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Boris Godunov, the regent suspected by some of complicity, crushed the incipient rebellion by ordering the execution of 200 people who answered the bell’s peals and the banishment of the rest.
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Following three peals of the ship’s alarm (long, short, long), the crew members assembled on the foredeck for their first ever nighttime rescue.
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Origin and Etymology of peal
Middle English, appeal, summons to church, short for appel appeal, from appelen to appeal
peal
Definition of peal
intransitive verb
: to give out peals
transitive verb
: to utter or give forth loudly
Examples of peal in a Sentence
the village bells pealed every hour in commemoration
Recent Examples of peal from the Web
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Peal told AL.com this week that the CCA purposefully waited to do anything for the oversight committee to complete its work on the football recruiting model.
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Origin and Etymology of peal
see 1peal
PEAL Defined for English Language Learners
peal
playDefinition 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
1 : the sound of bells
2 : 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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