peal
noun
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
is pealing
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present progressiveof peal (3rd person singular).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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Her unsureness of self is even more affecting for being belted out in a voice whose natural habitat is pealing out across the city: out of windows, cars, across tower blocks and parks.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2011
The blossom is pealing, the tender dew is green, the presence is in the time in between, the sacrifice is that that the bell which rings has a clapper.
From Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein
Tocsin is pealing; Barriers shut; all Paris is on the gaze, or under arms.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
The bell is pealing, And every feeling Within me responds To the dismal knell; Shadows are trailing, My heart is bewailing And tolling within Like a funeral bell.
From Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study by Anonymous
Hark! the morning Bell is pealing Faintly on the drowsy ear, Far abroad the tidings dealing, Now the hour of prayer is near.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall
