bells
Example Sentences
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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
The people filling up trucks, trains, planes and ships with jet fuel, diesel or fuel oil are ringing alarm bells.
The escalating rhetoric set off alarm bells across the Middle East, with oil-exporting Gulf countries saying that Iranian reprisals could further endanger the world economy.
“I love the sound of church bells ringing,” she went on.
From Literature
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The sector bears watching, but it may not be time to ring recession alarm bells just yet.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.