anvil chorus
Example Sentences
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Either way, the issues of the McDonald-Abel fight were certain to reverberate like an anvil chorus for a long time in steel uniondom and in the executive suites of the industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
The riders settled for a chilly flatcar under a heaving truck, leaving Colton amid a terrifying anvil chorus of wheels, cars and couplings stressing and whining.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whenever the star secures the stage with the spotlight in the centre, Why should the anvil chorus think it has the cue to enter?
From Impertinent Poems by Cooke, Edmund Vance
Mr. Vandeford was surprised to feel how hard his heart beat, and he was afraid that it sounded like the echo of an anvil chorus in the big empty theater.
From Blue-grass and Broadway by Daviess, Maria Thompson
The anvil chorus ceased abruptly when Persis opened the door of her brother's room.
From Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Smith, Harriet L.
