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A meeting last week, called to vote on the disbandment of the committee, sounded the death knell for the organisation.
If you drink your tea black and sugar free then it could be the death knell for teaspoons in your house.
I am not prepared to ring the death knell of the orchestra even at this time, but things don't look good.
The death knell for the royal line rang out across the besieged tower as a noticeable dent began to appear in the door of the chamber.
Finally just as fashion had contributed to the rise of hairwork, so did it toll its death knell.
An appearance on this register would toll the death knell for an architects' career.
With those words of encouragement ringing in my ears like a death knell, I packed up my troubles in my old Adidas bag and smiled, smiled, smiled.
Surely, the now record-breaking floods in York ought to be the death knell for any future commercial developments in, or around, Coppergate.
Most feel that failure to diversify and a complacency born of the plant's long history have sounded its death knell.
If enacted, the proposed legislation would mark the death knell of the Public Records Act in California.
Could this latest trend sound the death knell for the once standard, grown-up housing option of the two-bedroom?
The death knell could also be sounded for other species dependent on the ice, such as the ringed seal, bearded seal and little auk.
Hotter, much drier summers will sound the death knell for lush green lawns in much of the south of England.
But the very existence of Michelin-starred Indian restaurants may signal the death knell of flock wall-paper, lager and an onion bhaji.
The bright sky shone down on the dying beast as its death knell rang in my ears.
Fees, he argues, do not sound the death knell for the gap year, but in fact make it an even more important institution.
Flagging passion is often interpreted as the death knell of a relationship.
Then he had vanished entirely, and she was left with her heart beginning to pound like a bell's death knell.
I could well see it being the death knell for some of the smaller clubs without the opportunity to raise money.
The advent of television and the emergence of the modern couch potato sounded the death knell for such activities.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Indeed there can be but little doubt that this event also sounded the death knell of Maya civilization.
The death knell sounded for Tiggy the day she kissed and hugged Prince Harry as the two were leaving church at Sandringham.
The failure to grasp this fact is the death knell of orthodox religion.
The one word the Professor's Wife spoke was like a death knell.
He watched the clock now as a man who waits for the death knell.
The advent of this vessel was the death knell of the Indian tribes.
Will WiMax sound the death knell for 3G, 4G and other cellular technologies?
A recent vote in The House of Commons signalled the death knell for The Second Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, formerly known as Birmingham Pals.
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