Peals
[pi:lz]
Examples
- Or as though you shouted and the echo came back in rolls and peals of thunder, and the thunder was deadly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Anon, slapping his sides with his arms, he would burst forth in peals of laughter, that made the old woods ring as they passed. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Here was the secret of her blanched face, her shaken nerves, her peals of hysterical laughter on the next morning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- And I grieve to add that peals of laughter greeted Mr. Wopsle on every one of these occasions. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- A very merry lunch it was, for everything seemed fresh and funny, and frequent peals of laughter startled a venerable horse who fed near by. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Editor: Natasha