knell
noun
the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral.
knelling
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present participleof knell.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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While many of the world's thinkers are worried about the proliferation of births, it is the knelling sound of death that keeps us awake at night.
From Time Magazine Archive
In every traveler's eulogy there is a strain of elegy, and every traveler hearkens to the raven's knelling cry of "Nevermore."
From Time Magazine Archive
Not to be was that manhood!—The death-bell is knelling, The hinge of the death-vault creaks harsh on the ears— How dismal, O Death, is the place of thy dwelling!
From The Poems of Schiller — First period by Friedrich Schiller
The stillness became intolerable; yet more intolerable the sound that alone broke it, the voice of the clock, knelling moment after moment to its grave.
From Zanoni by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
For memory dwelling on each proud swelling Of thy belfry knelling its bold notes free, Made the bells of Shandon sound far more grand on The pleasant waters of the River Lee.
From The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book by Ontario. Ministry of Education
