pealed

Example Sentences

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Church bells pealed and cannons thundered when Americans learned that the Continental Congress had adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Westminster Abbey's bells then pealed 80 times to remember the years since the first VE Day.

From BBC • May 8, 2025

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

Another night, Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline,” pealed out.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2020

Downstairs the gong pealed a solemn call to lunch.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie