tolling bells
Pealing church sounds
Tolling bells are bells rung slowly and repeatedly, typically to mark a death, funeral, or solemn occasion.
The phrase evokes mourning and finality—tolling bells announced the king's death.
Figuratively, tolling bells signal an ending or warning: The company's bankruptcy was tolling bells for the entire industry.
- chimeMelodic bell sound
- pealResonant ringing burst
- knellSolemn bell stroke
- death knellOmen of ending
- belfryTower containing bells
church · funeral · mourning · clang · resonance · sound waves · steeple · tower · bronze · cathedral · ring · death · wedding · carillon · solemn · echoing · rope · vibration
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, bereavement, wake
- mourning customsfuneral, funeral service, wake, visitation, burial
- death ritesfuneral, cremation, burial, natural burial, sea burial
- funeral ritesfuneral, bury, burial, funeral mass, burial rites
- sacred accompanimentorgan, pipe organ, church organ, choir, mixed choir
tolling bellswedding bells
Ceremonial marriage ringing
Christmas bells · sleigh bells · dinner bell · school bell · doorbell
tolling bellssilence
Total lack of sound
stillness · hush · quiet · dead silence · soundlessness
toll, tolls, tolled, tolling, bell, bells, belled, bellman, bellboy