bell ringing
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Meaning
playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower
persuasion of voters in a political campaign
the sound of someone playing a set of bells
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bell-ringing
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The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.
In the beginning, everybody that gets to work with me, thinks Im nice. But three weeks later, they hear a bell ringing. Then they realise I meant everything I said during that first week. Its not my fault people are not taking me serious from the first moment.
I used to do bell ringing in Benenden church. It was really good fun, actually. My best friend's dad was the local vicar, and so it was expected as her best friend that I would go to church every Sunday with her.
OTTAWA — Lou Burri says a body stored in a hospital conference room first set an alarm bell ringing in his head last October.
Its bell ringing ceremony is unique, thanks to the trading floor.
The bell ringing ceremony includes a ring for each year since it was established.