knell
Example Sentences
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He added that animated movies sometimes have longer tails than many other movies, so a soft opening wouldn’t necessarily be a death knell for “Minions & Monsters.”
From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026
If “Superman” had opened to critical and commercial failure, it would have been a death knell for the modern superhero genre as we know it.
From Salon • Jun. 27, 2026
Changing consumer tastes also spelled the death knell for the retailer, which has struggled like many High Street firms.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 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
These words fell like the knell of doom—
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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