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
Grotesque bell-ringer Quasimodo saves Gypsy Esmeralda from a mob and a corrupt priest in medieval Paris.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2019
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
And playing Quasimodo, the much-maligned Notre Dame Cathedral bell-ringer, is the fresh-faced young actor Joshua Castille.
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2018
"Run up to your father, the bell-ringer, and tell him to set all his bells going," cried one.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.