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verb

present tense third-person singular of knell
as in rings
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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noun

plural of knell
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as in chimes

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as in indicators

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  1. rings
  2. chimes
  3. indicators
  4. clangs
  5. signs
  6. rattles
  7. signals
  8. tinkles
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  • Recounting her boyfriend calling the police on her during their fraught break-up, the chorus rings out over rowdy snares like a brutal playground taunt.
    — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
  • In fact, the only thing that rings true is how the Three Lions end up exiting the tournament.
    — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of rings
Noun
  • Skip fake florals, door bows, and chimes, which can look cheap or annoy neighbors.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 23 June 2026
  • As is Takal, clearly having fun with the film’s queasy, lurching atmospherics, abetted by the sparse, shivery, atonal chimes of Jonathan Goldsmith’s score, and the floating, disembodied feel of Robert Leitzell’s camerawork.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 June 2026
Definition of chimes
Noun
  • Together, the capex commitments, power demand projections, physical bottlenecks, and input price inflation are the indicators of the installation phase.
    — Nili Gilbert, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Moving envelope indicators and Bollinger Bands show long positions struggling, while the MACD, RSI, and major long-term moving averages display explicitly bearish momentum profiles.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 July 2026
Definition of indicators
Noun
  • The soundtrack—by the frequent Hans Zimmer collaborator David Fleming—is a delight, a polyphonic mood board of ghost-clangs, spooky bassoons, lyrical electro-motifs, and sighing sea themes.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • The album’s official versions smooth out some of the buzzy sibilance of the bootlegs, but Hold Onto Me Infinity accommodates lots of tasteful clangs and wubs.
    — H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 2 June 2026
Definition of clangs
Noun
  • There were no immediate, obvious signs of foul play or trauma on Wells’ body, Lynd told CNN.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • On Saturday, rescue crews aided by dogs and detectors found signs of life, confirming that at least one survivor was still trapped beneath the rubble.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Definition of signs
Noun
  • Jigs with rattles are most productive and a big, active trailer is the way to go in muddy water.
    — David A. Brown, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
  • The seeds are loose and clatter around inside the pods, giving baptisia the name rattleweed, as children once used the seedpods as rattles.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
Definition of rattles
Noun
  • Long days at the ballpark, cookouts that stretch into the evening and picnics in 90-degree weather all pressure the body’s normal signals for hunger, thirst and temperature.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 14, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
  • Instead of relying on external radio signals, the system combines quantum sensors with magnetic map matching technology to determine an aircraft’s position.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Definition of signals
Noun
  • Periodically a mandolin tinkles, or maybe a fiddle swoops in as if from a low-hanging cloud.
    — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Roberts doesn’t offer much empathy for the poor, diseased critter other than a pause when Ben momentarily ponders his reflection in a pool as Adrian Johnston’s eerie synth-piano score tinkles.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Definition of tinkles
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