death knell
Example Sentences
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Is this the death knell of American political satire?
From Salon • May 19, 2026
Future Americans will probably spend even more time on digital devices than they do now, but it will not be the death knell of live entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
It marks the death knell of the post–World War II settlement that, however imperfect, wrestled the anarchy of war into a framework designed to condition armed aggression on legal justification.
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026
“In California, that’s not a death knell, that’s a life force.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
They had rung the bells when King Robert died, she remembered, but this was different, no slow dolorous death knell but a joyful thunder.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
