bell-ringer

Example Sentences

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His daughter Verity Charlesworth, 45, said farming was a part of Mr Charlesworth's "life and identity", and that he was also a grandfather of six and a keen bell-ringer.

From BBC • May 29, 2025

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

Fudge was known for wanting to assist others at the Salvation Army office where he helped out as a volunteer and bell-ringer.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2019

Then, as the students poured in, an increasing stream, the alarm weight was released by the bell-ringer, and fell slowly some four or five feet, from the top of the clock to a platform below.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew