GRE vocabulary
knell
a sound or sign that signals death, failure, or an ending
In a sentence
Knell in a sentence
Here is an example sentence showing knell in a sentence.
The factory's closure sounded the knell for the small mining town.
Synonyms
tolldeath knelltolling
Antonyms
None listed.
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Common questions
Questions about “knell”
Knell (noun) means a sound or sign that signals death, failure, or an ending
Here is knell used in an example sentence: "The factory's closure sounded the knell for the small mining town."
Common synonyms for knell include toll, death knell, tolling.
Knell is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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