knell in English

noun
1
the sound of a bell, especially when rung solemnly for a death or funeral.
I was sure anyone within five miles would have heard it the way they hear a church bell's knell or a train's whistle.
verb
1
(of a bell) ring solemnly, especially for a death or funeral.

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "knell" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "knell", or refer to the context using the word "knell" in the English Dictionary.

1. That sounded the death knell for Haman.

2. The decision sounded the knell of our hopes.

3. Their refusal rang the knell of our hopes.

4. It'sounded the knell of all her hopes.

5. At first he thought it was a death knell.

6. We all mourned at the death knell of Tom.

7. 11 That is the death knell of the British Empire.

8. His decision sounds the death knell for all our hopes.

9. The revolution tolled the death knell for the Russian monarchy.

10. 10 At first he thought it was a death knell.

11. 4 The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business.

12. 17 His failure sounds the death knell for all his hopes.

13. The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business.

14. 12 We all mourned at the death knell of Tom.

15. The church knell will summon Barbadians to prayer at noon today

16. 15 It's going to be the death knell of the red deer.

17. 9 Do we now hear yet another death knell for readability studies?

18. 14 His decision sounds the death knell for all our hopes.

19. 2 The revolution tolled the death knell for the Russian monarchy.

20. This would, in effect, finally sound the death knell for the Convention.

21. Was it the death knell of the nuclear industry or merely curfew time?

22. The advent of the automobile sounded the death knell for rail in Seattle.

23. 1 The loss of Georgia would sound the death knell of Republican hopes.

24. Energy analyst Walt Patterson believes this would sound the death knell for research.

25. It is the coda of the executioner, the knell of bloody doom.

26. 8 This would, in effect, finally sound the death knell for the Convention.

27. If he loses this referendum, it will sound the death knell for his leadership.

28. The word repeated itself over and over in her head like a death knell.

29. The arrival of large supermarkets sounded the death knell of many small local shops.

30. 27 Energy analyst Walt Patterson believes this would sound the death knell for research.

31. 18 To resume the ivory trade would sound the death knell for the African elephants.

32. Finally, in 1748 a law was passed that in effect sounded the galleys’ death knell.

33. 22 If he loses this referendum, it will sound the death knell for his leadership.

34. 26 The word repeated itself over and over in her head like a death knell.

35. 21 The arrival of large supermarkets has sounded the death knell of the local shop.

36. ¶ Soon comes the morning when the knell is rung... ¶ ¶ to take my living breath. ¶

37. 16 The opening of the ports sounded this death knell of the ancient regime.

38. 6 Was it the death knell of the nuclear industry or merely curfew time?

39. 28 Its recurrence was regular , but as slow as the tolling of a death knell.

40. 20 For some,(www.Sentencedict.com) GM's fall is the final death knell for America's labour aristocracy.

41. Leaving him out of the team may sound the death knell for our chances of winning .

42. 19 And opponents have called the railway's opening the death knell of an independent Tibetan culture.

43. 3 The arrival of large supermarkets sounded the death knell of many small local shops.

44. His sudden illness was the death knell of his hope to go traveling with his schoolmates.

45. Nor is Mr Gore's loss going to be the death knell for the environment that Preston claims.

46. 23 Leaving him out of the team may sound the death knell for our chances of winning .

47. Christ’s activity on earth in the first century sounded the death knell for the Devil and his demons.

48. Croson to be the death knell for minority contracting laws, many big city officials refused to give up.

49. 24 Nor is Mr Gore's loss going to be the death knell for the environment that Preston claims.

50. The Clap followed instantly, and, by its deafening knell, drove me head foremost into the heathy moss