knell

Example Sentences

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People on the internet seem to be taking Lindy West’s memoir as millennial feminism’s final death knell.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

My hunch is that many who are making this false claim about the stocks-bonds correlation are overly fixated on the 60/40 portfolio’s 2022 loss, believing that a loss that large sounded the portfolio’s death knell.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

“In California, that’s not a death knell, that’s a life force.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

On the twelfth knell, the bonfire blazes, white and hot.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern