death knell
Example Sentences
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Is this the death knell of American political satire?
From Salon • May 19, 2026
While such a selloff might have been a death knell in years past, it has done little to ease Wall Street’s appetite for crypto.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
People on the internet seem to be taking Lindy West’s memoir as millennial feminism’s final death knell.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 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
