Example Sentences

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It seemed to her it might be the first move in a conspiracy between her servants and outsiders to steal her bell-less oxen.

From Time Magazine Archive

But, before he could add a direction, he was halted by a soft buzzing from the telephone, which, though bell-less, still gave this faint warning of a call.

From Within the Law by Veiller, Bayard

We may write bell-less, etc., however, in the case of words in which three l's come together, separating the syllables by a hyphen.

From The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric by Cody, Sherwin