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Sentences starting with bells

Bells tolling and priests chanting, crape, tapers, incense and the rest of it--we had more than enough of them all. [10]
Bells ran a few hundred yards, slowed up, and had stopped when Wrangle passed him. [13]

Sentences ending with bells

As the train waited, John heard from miles of marshes round about the evening song of millions of frogs, louder and more melancholy and entreating than the vesper call of the bells. [4]
She heard a tinkle of bells. [4]
They were like the murmur of waters, like the sounds of the forest and soft, booming bells. [11]
And added to that was the danger of a low-placed bullet taking effect on Bells. [13]
Please observe the style: "Sunday--Services, as usual, at four bells. [5]
Good old questionable stories were told that made the tears run down and cavernous mouths stand wide and the round bellies shake with laughter; and questionable songs were bellowed out in a mighty chorus that drowned the boom of the tolling bells. [5]
Thursday had seen South Carolina leave that Union into which she was born, amid prayers and the ringing of bells. [9]
While Antoine was singing with his wife, they were holding revel within the sound of Bow Bells. [11]
That flinging Venters knew to be the lashing of Bells. [13]
He put his head in and saw me on the floor reaching for the backing bells. [5]

Short sentences using bells

The bells were pealing noon. [9]
Evening service, eight bells. [5]

Sentences containing bells two or more times

The bells of churches were ringing, and the great cathedral bells boomed in thrilling monotony over the peaceful city. [11]
Yes, there were bells ringing--soft bells of a village church; and there was incense burning--most sweet it was! [11]

More example sentences with the word bells in them

There was a yell at us, and a jingling of bells to stop the engines, a powwow of cussing, and whistling of steam--and as Jim went overboard on one side and I on the other, she come smashing straight through the raft. [5]
I believe it would result in getting even the bells of the Philadelphia hotels answered, and cheerful service rendered. [5]
She turns up with the Pallas at six bells o' the middle watch. [9]
Day after to-morrow will be Ascension Day, when the bells will ring for the great fair. [10]
The blue and white beauty of the sky proclaimed all things possible for the strong; and the air was vibrant with the sweet music of bells, calling her to happiness. [9]
The noise of wheels, hoofs, and bells was heard from the gateway as a little trap passed out. [2]
The convent bells were soon heard tolling after the fugitives: Paula and Pulcheria were pulling them. [10]
But the bells were only the beatings of his heart-so loud, so swift. [11]
Some said they were firing in the hope of raising the corpse; but many who heard the bells ringing their crazy peals guessed what had happened. [6]
Everywhere festive guns were booming, bells pealing, the churches ringing with thanksgivings, and jubilant multitudes thronging the thoroughfares, when suddenly the news flashed over the land that Abraham Lincoln had been murdered. [7]
Just as usual, we found the town in a fury of joy, all the bells clanging, everybody shouting, and several people drunk. [5]
The Emperor, it was said, would keep to the hour fixed on; then all the bells began to ring. [10]
The larger bell was muffled and the little bells on the harness stuffed with paper. [2]
The first carriage was a so-called harmamaxa, drawn by four horses decked out with bells and tassels; a two-wheeled cart followed, and last in the train was a baggage-wagon drawn by mules. [10]
The dear members wanted to greet me with escort and the ringing of bells, but I declined, and went alone in my carriage to the church, entered it, and knelt in thanks upon the steps of its altar. [5]
The city was waking cheerfully, though the only active life was in the pealing bells and on the deep flowing rivers. [11]
There is something very poetical about this chime of bells high in the air, flinging down upon the hum and traffic of the city its oft-repeated benediction of peace; but anybody but a Lowlander would get very weary of it. [4]
He had come upon Bells grazing near the body of a dead rustler, the only incident of his quick ride into the village. [13]
As we wind up the slope, the tinkling of multitudinous bells from the herd comes to us, which is also in the domain of poetry. [4]
I was pacing up and down, for it was a task to quiet the nerves in that dingy place with the gun-ports closed, when about three bells of the dog, Mr. Mease, the purser, appeared on the ladder. [9]
A hum of tolling bells makes itself heard, but not sharply. [5]
As if responding to them but with a different sort of merriment, the metallic sound of the bells reverberated high above and the hot rays of the sun bathed the top of the opposite slope with yet another sort of merriment. [2]
He composed himself to sleep, but, as he lay waiting for that coverlet of forgetfulness to be drawn over him, he heard the sound of bells soft and clear. [11]
Louisa Ivanovna consented to go, and in half an hour four troyka sleighs with large and small bells, their runners squeaking and whistling over the frozen snow, drove up to the porch. [2]
Order the bells to be rung! [10]
But hundreds of tinkling little bells broke the stillness. [11]
For a long time the silence of the great hills was broken only by the sweet jingle of the bells on the shaft. [9]
Do you know they play the part in the household which the king's jester, who very often had a mighty long head under his cap and bells, used to play for a monarch? [6]
Electric bells, but they don't ring. [5]
Just after sundown there was a great noise, and the ringing of bells and sound of singing came over the water to the idle fleet. [11]
True, the sisters themselves seemed to feel safe, for snatches of their singing were still audible amid the ringing of the bells and the blare of the trumpets, but the fire must have been very hard to extinguish. [10]
The grind of their wheels and the clash of their harsh bells imperfectly fill the silence that the omnibuses have left, and the eye misses the tumultuous perspective of former times. [8]
Clearly not, or the town bells would be ringing and the islanders giving battle. [11]
And instead of the stringent monster-cry of the siren, of the discordant clamour of the mill bells, it was sweet yet strange to be awakened by silvertoned chimes proclaiming peaceful hours. [9]
They could hear the ringing of the sistrum bells and the murmuring chant of the priests. [10]
At certain hours the ringing of the monastery bells blends solemnly and softly with the silence. [10]
The words which the old man had uttered in response to Bickersteth's appeal before he fainted away, "Franklin--Alice--the snow," had showed that he was on the verge; the bells of the church pealing in the summer air brought him near it once again. [11]
The domes of the New Convent of the Virgin glittered brightly and its bells were ringing particularly clearly. [2]
At two in the morning, the church bells rang for fire, and everybody turned out, of course--I with the rest. [5]
The bells in the Kremlin were ringing for vespers, and this sound troubled the French. [2]
Whether or not the flies were all that troubled them I could not tell, and no sound save the tinkle of their bells broke the noonday stillness. [9]
The horses showered the fine dry snow on the faces of those in the sleigh--beside them sounded quick ringing bells and they caught confused glimpses of swiftly moving legs and the shadows of the troyka they were passing. [2]
The stillness of the evening was only interrupted by a few scattered notes of bells, the finale of the mighty peal by which the warder had just been trying to disperse the storm. [10]
Each morning, as the clamour grew louder, there was an interval of bewilderment, of revulsion, until the realization came of mill bells swinging in high cupolas above the river,--one rousing another. [9]
The castle and the city blazed with bonfires all night long, the people danced and drank and sang; and the triumphant clamor of the bells never ceased. [5]
When George entered the capital he found flags flying, heard bells pealing, the explosions of mortars and firing of cannon, sometimes one shot after another, sometimes a deafening salvo of many guns together, and a thousand voices shouting "Hurrah, hurrah! [10]
She could hear the bells ringing for evening service in the Catholic Church of Carillon, and bells-soft, booming bells-were ringing in her own brain. [11]
The stopping of the alarm bells proved that the fire was under control. [10]
He heard more than once the bells of memory ringing at the touch of the invisible hand of Destiny which accepts no philosophy save its own. [11]
But on a sudden it all fades into dimness; the cries and voices, the bells, the neighing, the crash and clatter are silent--for he is come. [10]
Suddenly, with reverberating strokes, the mill bells rang out, the electric gongs chattered, the siren screeched, drowning the voices. [9]
We walked on, stopping now and again to peer between the palings, when we heard, amidst the rattling of a cart and the jingling of bells, a chorus of voices:-- "A cheval, a cheval, pour aller voir ma mie, Lon, lon, la! [9]
The streets are sprinkled from end to end with shovel-hatted, long-robed, well-fed priests, and the church bells by dozens are pealing all the day long, nearly. [5]
After a while--a seemingly interminable while--the siren shrieked, the bells jangled loudly in the wet air, another day had come. [9]
Scarcely had she seated herself when all the bells in the city began to ring, and the heavy ordnance and howitzers shook the air with their thunder. [10]
No bells were rung, indeed, and no delegation of citizens as such, headed by the selectmen, met him at the station; and other feudal expressions of fealty were lacking. [9]
The sun had risen, the bells were ringing riotously, resonantly in the clear, cold air. [9]
One thought was ringing through his mind like bells pealing. [11]
Sweet-toned bells were ringing as she reached the residence portion of the town, and subdued pedestrians in groups and couples made their way along the sidewalks. [9]
Venters raised his rifle, ready to take snap shots, and waited for favorable opportunity when Bells was out of line with the forward horses. [13]
The matin bells resound melodiously through the pure bright air, announcing the hour of devotion. [4]
Not improbably he reasoned that the powerful sorrel could more easily overtake Bells in the heavier going outside of the trail. [13]
It consisted in reality of a troop of more than two hundred horsemen mounted on pure white Nicaean horses, whose bridles and saddle-cloths were covered with bells and bosses, feathers, fringes, and embroidery. [10]
Not until the rays of the setting sun were forcing their way through the pinks and rose bushes with which Pyramus kept her window adorned throughout the year, because she loved flowers, and the vesper bells were chiming, did her friend return. [10]
It was a purgatory of music, broken by discords; and then at last--how sweet it all was, after the eternity of misery--"Church bells and voices low," and Sally singing to him, Nancy's voice calling! [11]
These bells reminded Pierre that it was Sunday and the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin. [2]
As soon as Petya found himself in the square he clearly heard the sound of bells and the joyous voices of the crowd that filled the whole Kremlin. [2]
When, at half past ten, she fared forth into the sunlight, she was filled with anticipation, excitement, concern, feelings enhanced and not soothed by the pulsing vibrations of the church bells in the softening air. [9]
A few minutes passed so, in which the pealing of bells, the shouting of the people, the beating of drums, and the calling of bugles came to us clearly. [11]
A little way over the purple plain he saw the darkening towers and heard "the sweet bells of Imola. [4]
Moving in and out among them all was the Queen's fool, who jested and shook his bells under the noses of the highest. [11]
First there were orders to give in the kitchen that the principal meal, after the vesper bells had rung, should always win from the master of the house the "Couldn't be better," which his wife heard with the same pleasure as ever. [10]
The door is open wide, and the bells of Lynn are ringin'; There's a little lake I know, And a boat you used to row To the shore beyond that's quiet--will you come back home? [11]
Between twelve and one o'clock on the 26th of May, Ascension-Day, the ringing of bells announced the opening of the great fair. [10]
The gables were on the street, in three steps; over the great house door there was our coat of arms, the three links of the Schopppes and the fool's head with cap and bells as a crest on the top of the casque. [10]
Night and Bells, on either side of him, swept into his stride. [13]
Many critics insisted on believing, that all the fictions published as by three Bells were the works of one author, but written at different periods of his development and maturity. [14]
I could hear on all sides the tinkle of bells, the cracking of sticks, and the stamping of cattle that were taking refuge in the thicket from the flies. [4]
So a party of us conquered the tedium of the evening with a few games and were ready for bed at six bells, mariner's time, the signal for putting out the lights. [5]
At the descent of the high steep hill, down which a winding road led out of the town past the cathedral on the right, where a service was being held and the bells were ringing, Pierre got out of his vehicle and proceeded on foot. [2]
The first notes of the bells, pealing solemnly, were summoning worshippers to mass, the birds were singing in the garden, and the cocks were crowing in the yards of the houses. [10]
Amidst the frenzy of the bells the engines began to back and fill in a furious way, and my reason forsook its throne--we were about to crash into the woods on the other side of the river. [5]
During the ringing of the bells he had closed the book, and now said: "'Suspendo lectionem. [10]
The iron tongues of the alarm bells had never swung so violently, the warder's horn had never made the air quiver with such resonant appeals for aid. [10]
The very spirit of peace is here, and it is not disturbed by the sweet sound of bells echoed in the passes. [4]
The soft-toned bells of it seemed an expression of its life,--so far removed from our own striving and fighting existence in Kentucky. [9]
Even the clang-clang of eight bells has music--not boisterous nor disturbing, but muffled in the velvety air. [11]
Movement, welcome, ringing of bells, tramping of feet--the whole machinery has started. [4]
The little bunch of bells in the convent tower is jangling out a suggestion of worship, or of the departure of the hours. [4]
The sound was not the light-spirited trot that Bells made when Lassiter rode him into the outer court. [13]
Perhaps it did not gratify my vanity that Belle Treherne, as her father limped forward at the stroke of eight bells to take her below, said to me: "How downright and thorough Mr. Hungerford is! [11]
Hours elapsed; the noise, the firing, the ringing of the alarm bells still continued; smoke and the smell of fire penetrated through the doors and windows. [10]
To that I must entirely change my point of view and study the laws of the movement of steam, of the bells, and of the wind. [2]
He turned, once more contemplated the bells, and it was not until then he noticed that the door was ajar. [9]
Perhaps the bells might strike up "Turn again Swiveller, Lord Mayor of London. [12]
Away in the middle of the night a wild peal burst from the village bells, and in a moment the streets were swarming with frantic half-clad people, who shouted, "Turn out! [5]
And thus we may liken heaviness of heart to the chiming of bells, which hurts the ear if they sound over near, but at a distance make a sweet and devout music. [10]
Marmion, let the marriage bells be rung early--a maiden's heart is a ticklish thing. [11]
Instead of the little knobs of the electric bells, a so-called "bell-rope," about the width of one's hand, provided with a brass or metal handle, hung beside the doors. [10]
He found a lingering quality of pure Americanism in the region, and he said the very bells called to worship in a nasal tone. [8]

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