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Knell (Verb)

Ring as in announcing death.

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

The solitary bell tolled its mournful knell to announce the passing of the village elder.
As the funeral procession began, the church bell started to knell a slow and somber rhythm.
With each strike, the tower's deep voice seemed to knell the final farewell of the city's beloved mayor.
Throughout the city, every church bell began to knell in unison to honor the memory of the fallen soldiers.
A lone monk stood in the darkness, his small bell quietly starting to knell for the soul that had just departed.

Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church".

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

The church choir gathered to knell the bells for the solemn ceremony marking the end of the war.
On Sundays, volunteers would come together to knell the bells in harmony at the local cathedral.
Traditionally, the school would knell its historic bells at the start of each academic year.
At the annual festival, participants competed in teams to see who could most beautifully knell the bells.
The famous bell-ringer spent her life mastering the complex art of skillfully knelling the cathedral's massive bells.