death knell
Example Sentences
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Is this the death knell of American political satire?
From Salon • May 19, 2026
The move sounds the death knell for the upstart that sowed chaos in professional golf by plowing billions into the sport and poaching A-list players.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
It marks the death knell of the post–World War II settlement that, however imperfect, wrestled the anarchy of war into a framework designed to condition armed aggression on legal justification.
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026
“In California, that’s not a death knell, that’s a life force.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
Consequently, we do not have to wait until the publication of Geoffroy’s table in 1718 to hear the death knell of alchemy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
