Example sentences for: knell

How can you use “knell” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The day the House of Representatives endorses the bill will be "a sad day for civil society," sounding the death knell for the reform movement.

  • The papers conclude that this could sound the death knell for the disintegrating peace agreement.

  • The decision to locate the Central Station on the site of the old harbor wall was the final death knell of maritime trade for the city.

  • Researchers, educators, and others join societies for the many benefits of membership beyond simply discounted or “free” subscriptions to journals, so the concern that open-access publications would be the death knell of voluntary academic associations is misguided.

  • Haven for illicit 10-digit dialing is the death knell.


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