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
There was an awful stillness, only broken by heavy knells sounding at intervals from the churches.
From The Armourer's Prentices by Charlotte Mary Yonge
How many books, how many graves, knells and fevers, how many messages and signs, have ye seen?
From The Visions of the Sleeping Bard by Robert Gwyneddon Davies
