bell-ringer
Example Sentences
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Her late grandfather was an experienced bell-ringer and she believes he would be proud of her learning to ring just in time for 6 May.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2023
Wednesday was a bell-ringer for the U.S. stock market, marking 3,453 days in a bull market rally — the longest on record.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2018
As Page wove his way through the holiday crowd, he talked about his troubles, raising his voice to be heard above a Salvation Army bell-ringer.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2017
John Cox, with Saint Spiridon Orthodox Cathedral, says there’s a bell-ringer in California known as the Miles Davis of ringers.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2017
The whole country was like a sea, and the church bell no longer rang, because the bell-ringer strove to save himself from being drowned.
From Harper's Young People, February 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various