Sentence example with the word 'tocsin'

tocsin

air-raid alarm, alarm signal, beacon, crostarie, fire flag, fog signal, horn, note of alarm, signal, still alarm, two-minute gun

Definition n. the sound of an alarm

Last update: August 27, 2015

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"This dismissal," he said, "is the tocsin of the St Bartholomew of the patriots."   [Please select]

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Immediately he dreamt that he heard the tocsin and took part in the events of June, 1848.   [Please select]

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A Trap to Catch a Cracksman I was just putting out my light when the telephone rang a furious tocsin in the next room.   [Please select]

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Again Mack bayed, and the echoing bell tones of his voice took on a strange similarity to a tocsin of warning.   [Please select]

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To dream of hearing a tocsin sounded, augurs a strife from which you will come victorious.   [Please select]

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The tocsin began to ring, and the village “illuminated itself,” to guard against surprise.   [Please select]

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Clear upon the night air rang out the sound of a tocsin--the stroke of a hammer upon a steel rim from a locomotive wheel, and which was hung aloft in the only firehouse in Stanhope.   [Please select]

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