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
At the end of his address, bells pealed and echoed in an empty St. Peter’s Square.
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2020
Then whoops and shouts pealed from every quarter, and howls and even a trombone blasting.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
