Word: knell
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Italian withdrawal, chorused Italian editors, would sound the death knell of the League and greatly enhance the importance of II Duce's Four-Power Pact...
...Nassau broke into the scoring column with one run in the same inning when Loughlin lost control and passed five men. Neel, Berger, and Bramlette walked to fill the bases, and Purnell hit a long fly to score Neel. Getting another tally in the fourth on Knell's walk and hits by Neel and Bramlette, the Tigers came back with a three-run rally in the sixth to end the day's scoring...
HARVARD PRINCETON Adams, c.f. s.s., Neel Ware, r.f. 2b., Bramlette Thacher, 3b. r.f., Borger F. H. Gleason, 1b. l.f., Kammer Sargent, s.s c.f., Purnell Nevin, c. 1b., Larsen McCaffrey, l.f. c., Follansbee Hines, 2b. 3b., Knell Loughlin, p. p., Wilson...
...occasions would go galloping out driving the ambulance to bring in one of our ailing brewery wagon horses. And what a thrill I had once when I mounted the seat and actually took out one of our tandem outfits. . . . When the elevated railroad structures were built it sounded the knell of tandems pulling brewery wagons. It was too much of a trick to guide them in and out around the 'L' pillars. Ah, but there was a sight for you! Those brewery teams were as pretty to see operate as a nicely stepping ball team...
...Republican as its Presidential nominee. Miss Ethel Hubler of California formally nominated Senator Borah as "a radical Dry at all times . . . a man who is personally something of an agnostic, who does not smoke, nor drink, nor chew, nor play cards, a man whose election would sound the death-knell of the liquor traffic." Delegate Richard Cannon of California, son of Bishop James Cannon Jr., seconded the Borah nomination. The organ played "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and the delegates paraded up and down the aisles...