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Recent Examples of peal
Verb
Minutes later, more explosions peal through the air, as the Israeli military responds to the source of the fire. Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023 Early risers and those late to bed reaped rewards in Washington on Friday as the pre-dawn hours crackled with lightning and pealed with thunder, providing an atmospheric overture to one of the landmarks of our summer. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
Noun
The heartwarming bond between a toddler and his chocolate Labrador retriever has captured the internet's attention, as the dog's playful antics sent the little boy into peals of laughter. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025 In the theatre, though, peals of laughter drowned out Melton’s cries and the scene’s devastatingly anticlimactic end. Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for peal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peal
Verb
  • The alarm rings familiar, and so does the cost of overreach.
    Michael Luo, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
  • The hospital is looking to continue the care of its current patients and is accepting new patients, from those who have not yet been diagnosed to those ringing the bell once their treatment is completed.
    Lillian Ashworth, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Though this installation of tintinnabulation has been a feature of the garden for more than a decade, some frequent visitors only noticed the chimes this summer, when a small crew recently installed them in a large linden tree adjacent to Parade Stadium.
    Kim Hyatt, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
  • Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
Verb
  • The 561-component manual movement, which took another 500 hours to finish, incorporates a minute repeater that chimes the hours, quarters, and minutes.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 June 2025
  • Fluctuating X-ray emissions are translated into different pitches and instruments, while chiming water drop sounds represent bright background stars and plucked notes signify the location of the duet amid a massive cloud of interstellar dust and gas.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Bomer is good when Jerry the ding-dong must navigate a moment of real sentiment or complication; the juxtaposition is effective.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
  • That was a fantastically exciting ding-dong 2-2 — with Atletico missing a 99th penalty and eventually being eliminated from the Champions League after the group stage.
    Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Some welcomed Europe’s April sanctions on Apple (€500 million) and Meta (€200 million) for flouting the Digital Markets Act (DMA)… but without homegrown champions, those penalties risk feeling like a Pyrrhic victory, their costly triumph having sounded the death knell of its own empire.
    Sylvain Duranton, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Atmospheric drag has been pulling the inoperable spacecraft lower and lower in altitude over the decades, and Kosmos 482 is now just days away from its final death knell.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • The orchestration — rich, fluid, and glistening with the vaguely exotic plinks of the cimbalom — has the plushness of an antique carpet.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
  • There’s also an experimental score by Daniel Blumberg made of bangs and piano plinks and noises that sound like a dozen balloons screaming.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • As church bells clang, worshippers fill the sanctuary of San Lorenzo.
    Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Squeezing into the narrow confines, the clang of the metal doors closing and the nearness of their neighbors can be unsettling, if not downright dangerous.
    Dana O'Neil, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • Sonic booms have become a source of consternation for Southern Californians living near Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, where officials with SpaceX and the U.S. Space Force have acknowledged that their rocket launches and landings are causing the regular rattles.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
  • Shaking and rolling helps develop hand-eye coordination and promotes dexterity, and one parent tester appreciated the wooden rattle’s ability to foster independent play for her baby.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 22 May 2025

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“Peal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peal. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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