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
The river had its way again, raving and roaring in an anvil chorus of its own, knocking the great bowlders together, shrieking its glee.
From The Sagebrusher A Story of the West by Hough, Emerson
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 long arms of the shoring stanchions smote the walls in a kind of terrific anvil chorus to the blaring orchestra of the tempest.
From The Cruise of the Dry Dock by Stribling, T. S.
