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  • verb Present participle of peal.

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  • noun a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

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Examples

  • As I did so I was astonished to hear the strains of Uncle David's organ still pealing from the opposite side of the way.

    The Filigree Ball 1903

  • I murmured, glancing down at my watch, as if it might contradict the pealing bells.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • Meanwhile, the pealing phone and messages, ignored by Brandon, signal Sissy's desperate need to reach him.

    Erica Abeel: Michael Fassbender's Sexoholic Triumphs at Toronto Erica Abeel 2011

  • The pointless and largely random nature of the worst crime in the county's history has left little appetite for more on the day than silent community tributes to the dead followed by church bells pealing out to assert that life goes on.

    West Cumbria commemorates Derrick Bird shooting rampage 2011

  • Meanwhile, the pealing phone and messages, ignored by Brandon, signal Sissy's desperate need to reach him.

    Erica Abeel: Michael Fassbender's Sexoholic Triumphs at Toronto Erica Abeel 2011

  • I murmured, glancing down at my watch, as if it might contradict the pealing bells.

    Haven Kristi Cook 2011

  • Standout singers included Lauren Snouffer, whose pealing high soprano brought pathos to Ruth, the dancer who is giving up on New York, and tenor Andrew Stenson as Jimmy, the enthusiastic first-time theater-goer.

    Zambello's First Season: Invigorated, Imbalanced Heidi Waleson 2011

  • For me my favourite part was pealing away the layers of Boss's personality.

    Don't Tell Me There's Nothing to Read... Lou Anders 2010

  • The sound of chakpus echoes like a pealing bell throughout the room.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • For me my favourite part was pealing away the layers of Boss's personality.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Lou Anders 2010

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