There was a sharp peal of thunder.
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Peal
/piːl/
Synonyms for "peal" (155 found)
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6 entriesbell pealloud pealpeal of bellspeal of laughterpeal of thunderringing peal
Inflections
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14 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- камбанен звън noun (the sound of ringing bells)
Czech
2 entries- vyzvánění noun (the sound of ringing bells)
- zvonění noun (the sound of ringing bells)
Esperanto
1 entries- sonorilaro noun (set of bells)
Galician
2 entries- badalada noun (the sound of ringing bells)
- picada noun (the sound of ringing bells)
Russian
1 entries- звон noun (the sound of ringing bells)
Spanish
4 entries- campanada noun (the sound of ringing bells)
- campaneo noun (the sound of ringing bells)
- repique noun (the sound of ringing bells)
- repiqueteo noun (the sound of ringing bells)
Tagalog
2 entries- dupikal noun (the sound of ringing bells)
- kalembang noun (the sound of ringing bells)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Marilla turned quickly away to hide her twitching face; but it was no use; she collapsed on the nearest chair and burst into such a hearty and unusual peal of laughter that Matthew, crossing the yard outside, halted in amazement.
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A peal of defiant laughter rang out from Tom intending to provoke John, who stood before him.
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There was a violent peal at the bell, and in a few seconds the fair-headed detective came up the stairs, three steps at a time, and burst into our sitting-room.
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