peal

Object

bell: Church bells pealed across the sprawling estate an hour later, signaling the romantic, candlelit ceremony was over.

Converse of object

• muffle: All shops and public houses closed and muffled peals on the church bells.
• ring: In all he rang peals at 288 towers, 54 of which were rings of twelve.

Adjective modifier

• merry: November 20 th 1918 Bells rang out a merry peal on news of the end of hostilities with Germany at Foxearth.
• loud: Then came a flash of lightning followed by a loud peal of thunder.
• 1st: He was the first conductor at St Paul's Cathedral, calling the 1st peal there on 10th Dec. 1881.
• fine: The fine peal of six bells was founded in 1714.

Preposition: on

bell: Drive your family insane by ringing a plain course or a peal on real bells.

Modifies a noun

• ringer: The ringing of complex methods is also probably more widespread among peal ringers maybe for similar reasons.
• ringing: From this point Elaine's quarter peal ringing slowed down rather a lot.
• attempt: The first peal attempt of the weekend was at Epsom Common on Friday morning.
• weekend: Despite last minute setbacks, peal weekend went well, with five out of six peals being scored.
• composition: In addition, we have an online collection of peal compositions available.

Preposition: of

• bell: In the tower is a peal of six bells.
• thunder: Every roll of the ball produces an awesome peal of thunder.
• laughter: Behind me, those two burst into peals of laughter.

Noun used with modifier

• handbell: They did, however, score a handbell peal for the Society over the weekend.
• quarter: Her last quarter peal was Plain Bob Major which she rang in 1995.
• ringing: The tenor of the ringing peal is also the bass bell of the carillon.
• bell: There were 30 more tower bell peals in 2005 compared with 2004.