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... been destroyed and Spain had but one left to protect her own coast cities. The death knell of her once proud colonial empire had sounded. Decrepit as she was, she could not possibly have sent any reinforcements to the Philippines. Besides, the Filipinos would have ...

— The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) • Dean C. Worcester

... wert seeking help, thy wail Rose sadder than the sound of a death knell; And thus the last of thy ...

— Life Immovable - First Part • Kostes Palamas

... draw a log to the pile, and when I came up to it, I observed that it appeared to be hollow; but stepping forward, with the chain in my hand, ready to attach it to the log, when, oh, horror! the warning rattle of a snake sounded like a death knell in my ears, proceeding from the log I was about to lay hold of. I was so much frightened by the sound, that I dropped the chain as though it were red hot, left my team, and ran with all the speed in my power, screaming "murder, murder!" ...

— Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman • Austin Steward

Words linked to "Death knell" : presage, omen, prognostic, portent, prodigy, prognostication, bell