bells

Example Sentences

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The pair smuggled a harmonica and a set of small bells during the Gemini 6A mission.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“Once they started having people in interim housing for nine months or a year, that should have rang some alarm bells, because that’s just not sustainable,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

His younger brother, who lives outside Seattle, also can’t stand stop-start, including in his 2022 Outback “with all the fancy bells and whistles and cameras.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

A heavy quiet hangs over Theofilou's farm in the absence of the bleats from the sheep and the tinkle of their bells.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

I heard the Westertoren bells in the distance, marking out the hour.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler