knell
noun
the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral.
are knelling
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present progressiveof knell.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, Merrily, merrily, mingle they— "Waken, lords and ladies gay."
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
"And who has dared to do this? let go my bridle, Annaple—where is my grandmother—my sisters?—Where is Grace Armstrong?—God!—the words of the warlock are knelling in my ears!"
From The Black Dwarf by Sir Walter Scott
Death throws no darts through all these parts, No sextons here are knelling; Come, judge and try, you'll never die, But live at Ballyspellin.
From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by William Ernst Browning
All the jolly chase is here, With hawk and horse and hunting spear: Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling; Merrily, merrily, mingle they.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
