bell

Example Sentences

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When you’re a kid, it arrives all at once: the last school bell, the first trip to the pool, the permission slip feeling of a completely unscheduled Tuesday.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Shares in Marvell jumped 8.4% to $283 ahead of the opening bell.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Nobody rings a bell, as they say, but sometimes we have a conversation or an experience that sets off a klaxon in our heads.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The fight was all action from the first bell, with Rozicki leading the dance as Billam-Smith looked to land power punches and hooks off the back foot.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The bell chimed and the gnomes ran through the village shouting, “Elsbith, grandmother of Rump, has gone the way of all the earth!”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff