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
The Curfew Bell is rung, and not tolled, as Reginald states: therefore, what he heard, I suppose to have been the death bell.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 545, May 5, 1832 by Various
Had her condition far exceeded all Your seeming tender fears; or did I hear The peal of her death bell, I shou'd not wonder.
From The Female Gamester A Tragedy by Gorges Edmond Howard
Shakespeare’s universal observation led him to make use of the melancholy meaning of the death bell.
From Old Church Lore by William Andrews
Thus the death bell at Axbridge, Somerset, states, For homesoever this bell doth toll The Lord have mercy on that sole!
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by William Andrews
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