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Knell meaning
To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll. | To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell. | To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.
Example sentences (20)
At a time when West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose mentioned that 'death knell of democracy should not ring in the hands of its custodian', incidents of violence continued in the state ahead of rural polls.
But the real death knell was Craigslist a few years later.
By disqualifying Rahul Gandhi, Modi sarkar is ringing the death knell for the right to free speech and freedom of Indians everywhere," Mr Abraham said.
Could ‘Shot Doctor’ Trevin Knell return to BYU soon?
For an unknown IP, that can be a serious death knell.
In short, Jordan’s failure to emerge as House speaker likely sounds the death knell for Trump’s political and legal futures.
OpenAI's announcement on artificial intelligence "apps" do not spell the death knell for nascent startups building AI products, two OpenAI investors said at a Reuters NEXT conference on Thursday.
Such crushingly literal-minded dialogue would ring a death knell for any story, but Hool compounds it throughout with hammer-handed direction that makes the film unintentionally comical, a straight version of Woody Allen’s Bananas.
The death knell sounded for the men in gold seven minutes into the half when Anscombe noticed the Wallabies had no-one defending at fullback and chipped over the top for centre Nick Tompkins to run through and score.
The post was intended to suggest hellfire, not violence, Casper Mayor Bruce Knell said in a long and at times tearful statement in which he apologized to the city’s residents.
You see, PG-13 is not a death knell for a horror film, as the recent success of Five Nights at Freddy's would attest to.
According to Knell, pre-pandemic members were mostly solopreneurs and gig workers.
But its appropriation by the mainstream in the 1980s – think – sounded its death knell, except in the hearts of the most committed hip hop artists.
Is it the death knell teased in the headline?
Knell has been BYU’s second-leading scorer this season, averaging 12.4 points per game.
Knell sat on the bench for five minutes during that stretch.
No, the real problem, according to the BBC’s middle east correspondent, Yolande Knell, is that Haniyeh (who is now, lucky man, off having fun with 72 virgins) used hurty words.
Some fear that the creation – or even the suggestion – of a tunnel will spell the death knell for their island.
Some of the whistles were also tough on BYU, as Hall and Knell both had three fouls apiece in the first half.
The decision to put the building, which was dedicated on November 11, 1949, on the market does not mark the death knell for the local post, although its meetings will be held in less formal surroundings which could change from month to month.