knell
noun
the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral.
knells
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present tense formof knell (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Time magazine tagged her as one of the death knells of feminism, which seems harsh.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2017
They worked for him at Modern Photography, Holiday, Travel & Leisure, Town & Country and other publications, most of them gone long before the Internet began sounding its knells for the printed page.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2015
Despite the death knells, Luke Donald spent part of the year at No. 1, and after dropping to No. 3, supplanted Woods at No. 2 by December.
From Golf Digest ● Dec. 5, 2012
All the rhymers who rung metrical knells at her death, deserved the fate, and for like reasons, invoked in "Julius Caesar" on the so-called poet who made "bad verses."
From Memoir of Queen Adelaide Consort of King William IV. by Dr. John Doran
And o'er them peal the minutes stark, With heavy hammers peal their knells, The minutes sound from belfry bells, The minutes hard of autumn dark, The minutes list.
From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various
