1 Cannon to the south, and they might be tolling the knell of Atlanta's fall.
2 His manner was so casual when he was sounding the death knell of Tara.
3 One by one the sullen sounds fell successively on the ear, leaving but sufficient space for each to die away in distant echo, ere the air was again filled by repetition of the iron knell.
4 A knell from the church bell broke harshly on these youthful thoughts.
5 Never did funeral knell, never did alarm-bell, produce a greater effect on the hearer.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave. 6 It is the knell, Monsieur Madeleine.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—WHICH TREATS OF THE MANNER OF ENTERING A CONVEN... 7 After the psalmodies, the bells, the peals, and knells and offices, the sound of these little girls burst forth on a sudden more sweetly than the noise of bees.