tolled

verb

past tense of toll
as in rang
to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates let the church bells joyously toll on this most happy occasion

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Recent Examples of tolled The bell tolled again on Sunday. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 One tolled for the lives lost when the towers collapsed. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Each year, bells are tolled in memory of the crew at the Detroit's Mariners Church. — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025 Bells tolled through the misty Alpine mountain valley as hundreds of priests walked two by two to the altar under a tent to start the service and then again at the end. — Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 Ouija boards were enshrined in glass cases throughout the room; periodically, a small silver bell tolled without warning, moving as though on its own. — Alex Barasch, New Yorker, 11 May 2026 Bells at Westminster Abbey—where his parents had married over two years prior—tolled continuously for three hours in celebration. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026 Since Eichenberg spent the 2025 season on PUP, his one-year contract signed to return to Miami at the end of his four-year rookie deal tolled into 2026. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
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rang
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  • Minutes after the fight ended, a lone 911 caller rang authorities to report the brawl.
    — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Definition of rang

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