anvil chorus
Example Sentences
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Either way, the issues of the McDonald-Abel fight were certain to reverberate like an anvil chorus for a long time in steel uniondom and in the executive suites of the industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
The riders settled for a chilly flatcar under a heaving truck, leaving Colton amid a terrifying anvil chorus of wheels, cars and couplings stressing and whining.
From Time Magazine Archive
He heard birds and other music which sounded like an anvil chorus performing in the narrow confines of a head as large as a cabin.
From The River Prophet by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)
The anvil chorus ceased abruptly when Persis opened the door of her brother's room.
From Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Smith, Harriet L.
I had arranged that after the anvil chorus, the opening scene of the second act should terminate; the duet between "Manrico" and "Azucena" being thus left out.
From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 by Mapleson, James H.
