bells
Example Sentences
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I heard the Westertoren bells in the distance, marking out the hour.
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It had a sharpness to it that set off alarm bells in my head.
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White stated she had been "concerned" for the woman and, asked why, she replied: "It was a man making a young woman scared. It is going to be alarm bells."
From BBC
Despite his growing interest in Maggie, Dr. Kane refused to believe that spirits tipped tables, rang bells, or rapped messages to communicate.
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In the morning, the castle rang with chimes and bells, not like the single gong of the village bell in The Mountain, but dozens of them ringing in all different tones.
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