death knell
Example Sentences
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If “Superman” had opened to critical and commercial failure, it would have been a death knell for the modern superhero genre as we know it.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
Future Americans will probably spend even more time on digital devices than they do now, but it will not be the death knell of live entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
It marks the death knell of the post–World War II settlement that, however imperfect, wrestled the anarchy of war into a framework designed to condition armed aggression on legal justification.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2026
“In California, that’s not a death knell, that’s a life force.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
Consequently, we do not have to wait until the publication of Geoffroy’s table in 1718 to hear the death knell of alchemy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
