as in ringing
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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But throughout all the wish fulfillment, a faint siren keeps ringing.—
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Rob Smat remembers the phone ringing at his parents’ home in Macon, Ga.—
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“Knelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knelling. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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