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And when the stormy morning after arrives, each peal of thunder sends Julia into a paroxysm of nerves that flings her around like a handkerchief caught in a stiff breeze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

For, in case you missed it, a peal of what may or may not have been the archangel Gabriel’s horn cut through the noise a few days ago signaling, ominous, that it’s time.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2023

The bells of Westminster Abbey will peal at 1 p.m.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

It gives Beck room to peal some clarion melodies and then attack them with trills, bent notes, blues licks and dissonances.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023

Suddenly its harsh bell clanged again, and then broke into a shattering peal.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

QLAYAA, Lebanon — The bells rang, their peals obscuring the buzz of the Israeli drone overhead as the casket of Father Pierre al-Rahi arrived at the parish he had served.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

Far from the subtlety required before a camera, her powerful voice and exaggerated gestures fill the space -- and draw peals of laughter.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

Hours were marked by peals of screams following every uncovered worm wriggling in the corn silks, and each of us proudly showing off our inky fingertips from pressing out purple hull peas from their pods.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025

"I said to the guitar player, 'You got it,' and he sang the fourth verse," she told the crowd, to peals of laughter.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2023

All solemnity, therefore, was silent, the peals muffled; and bodies went unheralded to their final rest; and we shoveled dirt atop the dead and watched their wooden vessels sink beneath the earth without a cry.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Sirens blared, horns honked, and church bells pealed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

The way her voice pealed on top and nestled into a rich sound in the middle and bottom of her range — all well tuned and discreetly controlled — hinted at her conservatory training.

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023

Bells pealed over the biblical town of Bethlehem on Friday as crowds holding crosses aloft filed through the rain-soaked streets to mark Orthodox Christmas.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023

Some wounds never heal and now the plaster has been pealed back, DUP divisions are back on show.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2022

Downstairs the gong pealed a solemn call to lunch.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

Ms. Oropesa’s limpid, flexible soprano brought a heart-tugging vulnerability to Elvira, and her pealing coloratura was both accurate and expressive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

It’s no surprise that his most iconic stint in consumerism, the “Tickle Me Elmo” doll, capitalized on his pealing giggle.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024

The handover of the cathedral took many by surprise - an OCU priest, Vasyl Rudnytskyi, looked stunned as he walked towards the building’s gates amid the deafening pealing of bells.

From Reuters ● Jan. 7, 2023

They made a noisy, pealing parade back through the Vesuvius Gate and down a dirt road outside the park with Mr. de Martino following closely behind.

From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2022

But their pealing had nothing to do with the disaster that had taken place the day before.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler