bell

Example Sentences

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My high school history teacher showed the film to our junior class, broken up into 50-minute segments that would adhere to the school bell.

From Salon

"It was alarm bells for my team. This was the first time we had recovered the genome from Yersinia pestis in a non-human sample," Hermes said.

From Science Daily

The school bell rings and new starter Florrie bounds down the corridors excitedly greeting pupils and teachers alike.

From BBC

She said: "This is backsliding and will raise alarm bells at the Federal Reserve."

From Barron's

—European blue-chip equity indexes pushed higher at the opening bell as industrial stocks gained amid volatile trade.

From The Wall Street Journal