death bell
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of death bell
First recorded in 1730–40
Example Sentences
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Gitl began reciting the Kaddish, rocking back and forth on the sleeping shelf with the sonorous words, and the prayer was like the tolling of a death bell.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
No, Master Soldier, the death bell doesn't ring for such corpses.
From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r
No more the rolling flood’s at his controul, Nor willing servant runs when he shall bid; But mournfully I hear the death bell toll, To hail him welcome to his lonely bed!
From Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect by Castillo, John
Thus sore and sad the lady grieved in Cumnor Hall, and ere dawn the death bell rang, and never more was that countess seen.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
She came and said to him, "My Edwin, live for me;" but on her way home she heard the death bell toll.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
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