bell-ringer
Example Sentences
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Her late grandfather was an experienced bell-ringer and she believes he would be proud of her learning to ring just in time for 6 May.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2023
The 45th president’s unprecedented, face-to-face encounter with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on June 30, 2019, was a global bell-ringer.
From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2023
Grotesque bell-ringer Quasimodo saves Gypsy Esmeralda from a mob and a corrupt priest in medieval Paris.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2019
And playing Quasimodo, the much-maligned Notre Dame Cathedral bell-ringer, is the fresh-faced young actor Joshua Castille.
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2018
The whole country was like a sea, and the church bell no longer rang, because the bell-ringer strove to save himself from being drowned.
From Harper's Young People, February 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.