ringing out
Echoing through space
Ringing out describes a sound that carries clearly and resonantly through space: Church bells rang out across the valley, A shot rang out in the darkness.
The phrase emphasizes both volume and clarity—the sound cuts through ambient noise to be distinctly heard.
To ring out the old year is to mark its end with bells.
- church bellsBronze instruments in steeples
- tollingSlow, solemn bell-ringing
- knellSolemn bell stroke
- bell towerStructure housing large chimes
- echoReflected sound wave
farewell · chimes · feedback · end · reverberation · peal · carillon · transition · passage · closure · gong · resonance · sound wave · proclamation · new year · old year · celebration · change
ringing outdying away
Gradually becoming inaudible
fading out · trailing off · petering out · ebbing · dissipating
ringing outfading away
Gradual disappearance from perception
dying out · quieting down · petering out · trailing off · whispering
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