pealing
present participle ofpeal
peal
verb[I]
uk/piːl/us/piːl/Whenbellspeal, theyringwith aloudsound:
Aftertheirwedding, thebellspealedoutfrom thetower.
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- bong
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
Examplesofpealing
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Even the sky is building to thunder; and it is impossible to believe other than that, in the church spire, the bells arepealingdiscordantly.
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Indeed, archival records from other towns show that distinctive local bell-ringing practice or tradition was something that the personnel in charge ofpealingbells had to learn.
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The great coup of the final section is when the brass break out in all directions across the landscape in an unchecked, 'natural' moment, bellspealingbehind.
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Here was a moment of drama; a time for thepealingof bells, for bonfires.
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There's no denying that it's romantic what with church bellspealing, complicated violin arrangements and a chorus which all reach a crescendo in the finale.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This salted fish is dried in the sun and wind and is eaten raw afterpealingoff the skin.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Redondo would ask the fiscal (sacristan) to go around townpealingthe bells.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thepealingof the church bells and the sounds from conch shells being blown followed seconds later.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The film concludes ambiguously with the sound ofpealingchurch bells.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Makkum became an important center of trade and industry, including brick works, wind-powered saw-, oil-, paper-, andpealingmills, ship yards and seashell lime kilns.
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