hand bell
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Under an unforgiving sun during a heat wave in July, Peter Schumann, the 89-year-old artistic director of Bread and Puppet Theater, rang a hand bell on a rolling hillside in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
Moments later, he emerged with something in return: a tiny hand bell.
From The Verge ● Sep. 3, 2016
Down below, Todd Monsell, music director of the 270-year-old congregation, led a hastily assembled hand bell choir of seven adults and seven children.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 21, 2015
Delyth Morris-Jones, from Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, will toll a hand bell and one of Wales' oldest pubs, the Skirrid Inn, Llanfihangel Crucorney in Monmouthsire, will chime its old ship's bell.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2012
She stood at the screen door of the kitchen and rang a small hand bell.
From Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites by Myers, Anna Balmer
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