Synonyms for knell
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : nel |
| Phonetic Transcription : nɛl |
Définition of knell
Origin :- Old English cnyll "sound made by a bell when struck or rung slowly," perhaps of imitative origin. The Welsh cnull "death-bell" appears to be a borrowing from English. For vowel evolution, see bury.
- verb chime
- The signs, which certainly did look like signs of guilt, struck a knell on the heart of his father.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- Still that word, which rang like a knell in his dazed brain!
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- It sounded the knell of all hope of redress of their wrongs.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- How often does the knell of vanished power repeat the lesson!
- Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. » by Various
- The dead I knell, the living wake, And the power of lightning break!
- Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
- The volley which pierced his breast was the knell of the Bonaparte dynasty.
- Extract from : « The Land We Live In » by Henry Mann
- It fell upon my ears like a cry of vengeance—like a knell of death!
- Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid
- The grave, sweet voice sounded on her ears as the knell of hope.
- Extract from : « The Lady of Loyalty House » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
- And I laughed aloud—the fool's laughter that was my knell of ruin!
- Extract from : « Cleopatra » by H. Rider Haggard
- The Gap answered him; and the answer was like the knell of doom.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories » by Various
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