Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word bell..
Examples
-
As "he" was telling me what "he needed" I went to the top of the bed to turn off the call bell.
Transcending Gender Mother Jones RN 2006
-
Or I'll beat on yō 'back till you rings lak a bell.
Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study Thomas Washington Talley
-
There nought sounded harsh but the school-calling bell.
Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" J. L. Cherry
-
There nought sounded harsh but the school-calling bell.
Life and Remains of John Clare Cherry, J L 1872
-
NO CALL BELL! other than that not too bad but there is no excuse for not at least having a working call bell. here is a pic of the building.flickr. com
-
NO CALL BELL! other than that not too bad but there is no excuse for not at least having a working call bell. here is a pic of the building.flickr. com
-
` ` The interpretation (the staff) has was they were just outside the nursing floor and they felt the window was open and they could hear a call bell. ...
-
But she knew she was getting interviewed by the media, and they'd coined the phrase and harped on it for a full 6 months before the Iraq War, so if she'd read the newspaper or listened to the news, it should have rang some kind of bell.
Why Palin's "Bush Doctrine" Gaffe Matters: Does She Know What Foreign Policy Doctrine Is? 2009
-
Funny how that seems to ring some kind vague kind of bell.
-
Numerous ladies in the crowd, including the wife, couldn't stand it anymore and corrected him that it was a "bell."
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2002
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.