knell
noun
the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral.
was knelling
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past progressiveof knell.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The bell was knelling: dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong, dong.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 by Sir Owen Seaman
"You are forty-two, you are old, you are nobody," was knelling through her brain.
From The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
