peal
noun
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
are pealing
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present progressiveof peal.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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Church bells which fell silent more than 70 years ago are pealing once more following a £79,000 restoration.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2021
Today is Sunday and throughout the valley the church bells are pealing dong dong la-dong, that most warming of sounds ringing in the air, dong dong la- dong.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
They, her giant-brood, seem kneeling 'Fore their grandame—black and grim; And to Science' name are pealing Cannon-crash and choral hymn.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various
She resembles the Virgin in the picture, gliding in a boat over the silent mountain lake, and while the bells are pealing in the churches on the coast, folds her hands.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel by Rudolf von Gottschall
These are the questions which will haunt men's minds, when the cannon are all bushed, and the bells are pealing peace, and the sons of our hearth-stones come home.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various
