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
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 Andrews, William
The death bell was sounded, the friends of the girl had dressed her in white and had crowned her with flowers, and all was arranged for her burial.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 by Various
Short yelps of hungry exultation broke from their dry throats; it was like the tolling of a death bell; first one and then the other, "Oo-oo-ooh-ooh!"
From The Outcasts by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard
Shakespeare’s universal observation led him to make use of the melancholy meaning of the death bell.
From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William
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