knell

Example Sentences

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Now, many are wondering: Is the death knell finally tolling for the Cuban Revolution?

From Los Angeles Times

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

Tan’s comments are far from a death knell for Corning’s optical networking hopes.

From Barron's

Expectations for dividend cuts are typically a death knell for stocks.

From Barron's

It announced, Ms. Newman writes, the “death knell to any remaining attachment to the inherited ideals of the Greek notion of beauty.”

From The Wall Street Journal