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Sentence Examples Finally just as fashion had contributed to the rise of hairwork, so did it toll its death knell. If you drink your tea black and sugar free then it could be the death knell for teaspoons in your house. 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. The death knell could also be sounded for other species dependent on the ice, such as the ringed seal, bearded seal and little auk. I am not prepared to ring the death knell of the orchestra even at this time, but things don't look good. 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. A meeting last week, called to vote on the disbandment of the committee, sounded the death knell for the organisation. 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 bright sky shone down on the dying beast as its death knell rang in my ears. 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 huntsman's horn sounded the final knell when the last traditional hunt by the Tedworth came to en end. As the knell died away, a black flag slowly rose up the mast and stopped half-way. I was sure anyone within five miles would have heard it the way they hear a church bell's knell or a train's whistle. 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. An appearance on this register would toll the death knell for an architects' career. The advent of television and the emergence of the modern couch potato sounded the death knell for such activities. Show More Sentences I could well see it being the death knell for some of the smaller clubs without the opportunity to raise money. Then he had vanished entirely, and she was left with her heart beginning to pound like a bell's death knell. Most feel that failure to diversify and a complacency born of the plant's long history have sounded its death knell. And they warn that it could be the death knell for hundreds of traditional boozers which do not sell food, and whose regulars enjoy a smoke with their pint. The death knell may be about to sound for Yorkshire's last remaining pits. And I am told it is the needle that is the death knell if one is not careful. Sweeping changes to the way benefits and state pensions are paid will sound the death knell for post offices already struggling to survive, fear sub-postmasters. And unless it can be revitalised with an influx of young blood, within 20 years the death knell could toll for a very important Scottish industry. But Margaret believes the death knell started to toll for brownie packs when the cubs and scouts began accepting girls into their formerly all-boy domain. And that could sound the death knell for Britain's universal post service. A publican in a rural area in Mayo has charged that plans by the Government to further deregulate the licensed trade will sound the death knell for the rural pub. The sheer size, the colour, the mournful sound: all are hinting at the funeral rite and the death knell. The last two had the greatest influence by enabling global reach and signalling the death knell of propeller-driven bombers. Despite the death knell sounded throughout the media, most people and most banks did not encumber themselves with mountains of unsecured debt. Is it really sacrilegious, they ask, especially now that the disappeared vultures have tolled the knell of the ancient, ordained system? Had they failed in their mission that would have been the death knell for that development. A defeat could sound the death knell for the French alliances with the many Amerindian nations in the area. The demolition tolled the death knell for the Irish presence in the neighbourhood. The process greatly improved the quality of photographs reproduced on newsprint and sounded the death knell of news drawings. The revolt was suppressed and its leaders executed, but it signaled the death knell of the monarchy. Show More Sentences The committee has had its last meeting and, since I am not standing again, a referral would sound the death knell for this own-initiative report. Many commentators consider the euro or CLS to be the death knell for correspondent banking. This discovery sounded the death knell for materialistic concepts and explanations of the universe. This of course raised a great deal of resentment and was the death knell of the policy. The economic crisis is not the death knell of capitalism or the market economy. They shaped the destiny of an entire nation, sounding the death knell of the mongrel complex. It is all to do with the death knell of the reasonable internationalism of people like Ken Clarke. The unbridled competition of the car sounded the knell of rural railway lines. The project proposed to automize the swinging bells and the sounding of the death knell as well reproducing the recorded pieces of music. The idea that an open world does not sound the death knell of French agriculture is gradually making headway with French farmers themselves. They wanted to sound the death knell for the campaign, file their stories, and get out of Memphis as soon as possible. When you have somebody working for your campaign, like Grooms, who says you can't win, that is the death knell for a candidate. The very word is like a knell, signalling the approach of death. It was Jo Gordon's trademark Dr Who scarves that first aroused the magpie eyes of the UK fashion pack three years ago, sounding the first death knell for the soppy pashmina. This sounded the death knell for the slow and heavy make-and-breaks. Livra's words had set a bell tolling the death knell in the king's head. However, it was the Titanic disaster that sounded the death knell for his collapsible armada with the introduction, paradoxically, of strict new lifeboat regulations. This lifestyle that fails to take account of the environmental factor when making economic choices may very quickly sound a death knell for both our growth and our well-being. The recent financial crisis sounded the knell of self-regulating markets. UNCTAD's report validates the alternative: the stabilization-oriented intervention of governments. The failure of the CNIEL negotiations, which united milk producers and industrialists around the same table on Tuesday, May 5th, to jointly define indicative milk prices, sounds the death knell for producers' hopes. Show More Sentences Be that as it may, this decision sounded the death knell of the tax. Any attempt to undermine these two elements would sound the death knell of the fundamental relationship that exists between sport and society in our continent. Failure to support a competitive technology base would would undoubtedly sound the death knell of the future prospects of the air European aircraft industry. When the parents of Saint Sauveur, New Brunswick, fought against the closing of their school a few years ago, they knew that an empty school is the death knell for a community. However, some specialists believe that the death knell has more or less sounded for these devices, due to the proliferation of GPS systems built into cellphones, laptop computers and other mobile devices. I now consider it the death knell for traditional publishing. Loft Story sounds the death knell for quality television in favour of unimaginative programmes by resolutely targeting mass audiences in this era of empty existences. But from the socio-economic viewpoint, setting up natural reserves closed to any fishing activity on such a scale is almost inconceivable, as it would sound the death knell of the fishing industry. We have been building ships here for 400 years, but this agreement could ring the death knell of a major industry that provides direct employment to thousands of people. It is the Avro Arrow all over again and the death knell for this industry. Change is our vital force, Stagnation our death knell. What accounts for precocity's early death knell? In the Day litigation, for example, some amici argued that constitutionalizing a property right to in situ groundwater would sound the death knell for sensible regulation. On hearing of this, the pixies were worried, as they knew that once the bells were installed it would be the death knell of their rule over the land. The collapse of the papacy's moral authority and the rise of nationalism rang the death knell for Crusading, ultimately leading to the Avignon Papacy and the Western Schism. Examples from Classical Literature Indeed there can be but little doubt that this event also sounded the death knell of Maya civilization. The clap followed instantly, and, by its deafening knell, drove me head foremost into the heathy moss. The signs, which certainly did look like signs of guilt, struck a knell on the heart of his father. The volley which pierced his breast was the knell of the Bonaparte dynasty. For decades the decennial census dismally tolled the same knell of fifteen thousand in round numbers. Will WiMax sound the death knell for 3G, 4G and other cellular technologies? The death knell sounded for Tiggy the day she kissed and hugged Prince Harry as the two were leaving church at Sandringham. With might and main The bell-ringer sounds his knell abroad. This bell was first rung as a knell at the burial of the same Copland. 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. I await the hour when the people shall knell thee to the doomsman. Still that word, which rang like a knell in his dazed brain! It sounded the knell of all hope of redress of their wrongs. How often does the knell of vanished power repeat the lesson! The dead I knell, the living wake, And the power of lightning break! The grave, sweet voice sounded on her ears as the knell of hope. The failure to grasp this fact is the death knell of orthodox religion. When the knell of my thirtieth birthday sounded, I suddenly realised, with a desolate feeling at the heart, that I was alone in the world. Show More Sentences Never did funeral knell, never did alarm-bell, produce a greater effect on the hearer. When she arrived about at the middle of it, she heard strange noises, a funeral knell. That answer fell upon his heart like the tolling of a funeral knell. 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. Find more words! 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