Read full poem →‘Oh, peal upon our wedding,
And we will hear the chime,
Dictionary Entry
A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. pealpeal merrypeal loudpeal firstpeal another
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Poetry examples for “peal”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Among the springing thyme,
"Oh, peal upon our wedding,
And we will hear the chime,
Read full poem →Among the springing thyme,
"Oh, peal upon our wedding,
And we will hear the chime,
Read full poem →In meshes of the jasmine and the rose:
And all about us peal’d the nightingale,
Rapt in her song, and carcless of the snare.
Read full poem →but long before, were sometimes personal satires, ap-
peal’s from a manuscript letter from Sir John Hallies to
the Lord Chancellor Burleigh, found amongst some
Read full poem →Another Spring
A Peal of Bells
Fata Morgana
Read full poem →in the deluge, while the earth rocks at its feet, and the
thunders peal above its head—majestic, immutable, magnif-
icent. — Wendell Phillips.
Read full poem →And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder.
Hark, hark! the horrid sound
Read full poem →I hear the bell's melodious din,
I hear the organ peal within,
I hear the prayer, with words that scorch