Tolling
[təulɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Toll
Checker: Millicent
Examples
- It was as if from some aerial belfry, high up above the stir and jar of the earth, there was a bell continually tolling, 'All are shadows! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It was tolling for the funeral service. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- At the moment of the church clock tolling two, the bells would clash out and the march begin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- While yet trees hid the church, they heard the bell tolling a measured but urgent summons for all to assemble. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All the bells were jangling and tolling as he reached that place. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Checker: Millicent