make the welkin ring
Examples
“The 0-8-4 with its 13 six-wheel coaches generally managed to keep⟳ "neck-and-neck" with the Tredegar 0-6-0 and its load⟳ of five or six coaches, but the combined effort made the welkin ring⟳ and excitement reigned among both the train-crews and passengers.”
“There was nothing like⟳ that spirit which, when the heart goes with the decree of the ruler, makes the welkin ring⟳ with its unregulated rejoicings.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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