Thesaurus / knell
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An income tax “would perhaps be a form of a death knell to this little bit of momentum we were having,” Parfet told me.
TWO RICH MEN DECIDED TO FUND A FAILING CITY. SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY MADE IT WORSEALANA SEMUELS/KALAMAZOO, MICHIGANNOVEMBER 4, 2021TIMEA knell from the church bell broke harshly on these youthful thoughts.
OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (OF 3)CHARLES DICKENSThe tones of the neighbouring convent bell, echoing through the stony vaults, sounded loud and awful as the knell of doom.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROWIt is not so now, for when the blacks revolted and drove their masters from the land, the death-knell of civilisation was sounded.
GARDENS OF THE CARIBBEES, V. 1/2IDA MAY HILL STARRWhen for mirth's yell earth's knell seemed pleaseSome dumb new grim great whim in him Made Jews take chalk for cheese.
THE BOOK OF HUMOROUS VERSEVARIOUSThis date this pupil translates by the phrase, “Dock knell all” .
ASSIMILATIVE MEMORYMARCUS DWIGHT LARROWE (AKA PROF. A. LOISETTE)Barnstable listened in deep silence to this unexpected narration, which sounded in the ears of Dillon like his funeral knell.
THE PILOTJ. FENIMORE COOPERHe might have penned in his prison cell the knell for the tragedy of human life, De Morte.
SIR WALTER RALEGHWILLIAM STEBBINGWould the step whose lightest footfall now made her heart leap, ever sound in her ear like a death-knell?
RUTH HALLFANNY FERNHe was extremely perplexed, for to him it was as his death knell, and he commenced setting his house in order.
THE MYSTERIES OF ALL NATIONSJAMES GRANTWORDS RELATED TO KNELL
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