Thesaurus results for PEAL

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verb

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as in to ring

to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates the village bells pealed every hour in commemoration

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Recent Examples of peal

Verb

Minutes later, more explosions peal through the air, as the Israeli military responds to the source of the fire. —

Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023 Early risers and those late to bed reaped rewards in Washington on Friday as the pre-dawn hours crackled with lightning and pealed with thunder, providing an atmospheric overture to one of the landmarks of our summer. —

Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 July 2023

Noun

Each peal echoed in the hushed chapel, signaling the end of Brown’s watch. —

Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024 Squeezing in the more than 100 additional components necessary to have a modern-style wristwatch strike with pinpoint accuracy and rich, clear peals — each watch sounds subtly different — is considered the height of horological craft, and most companies abandoned such complex models long ago. —

Nancy Hass, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for peal

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Verb

Instead of ringing the bell — which often signals the end of chemotherapy treatment — the boy sounds the boxing ring bell by punching the pull cord.

— Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
The alarm was at once sounded by ringing the school bell and the fire department responded and had water on in a very short time, but the fire being all through the building inside the walls and partitions, its progress could not be checked.

— Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025