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

Cozonac, the bell-ringer, engaged himself as labourer to the priest, for his house was only a stone’s throw away.

From Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian by Various