Used in a Sentence

ring

How to use ring in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for ring.

Editorial note

If you do, that defect will ring like a bell.

Examples25
Definitions15
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ring gathered in one view.

noun

a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity"

noun

a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"

noun

a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ring.

noun

a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity"

noun

a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"

noun

a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse"

noun

(chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop

noun

an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"

noun

the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe

noun

a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle

noun

jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band"

noun

a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

verb

sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang"

verb

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

verb

get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

verb

extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"

verb

attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"

Example sentences

1

If you do, that defect will ring like a bell.

2

It's full of all kinds of filtering tricks.

3

"Her: "Well, I've always pictured a diamond ring.

4

" Nevermind that I'm wearing my wedding ring!

5

You don't want to be screwing around with ham handed filtering on body type.

6

"Cheaper than their rings" is the opposite of a victory condition.

7

"Noise and dithering are also very useful, but can be very dangerous.

8

All that laborious pixel fitting is simply going to make your image "ring" like a bell if you don't do the other stuff.

9

"Well, she insists that I change the design on this ring to make it more permanent and forgo a professionally made ring.

10

There isn't a 37 signals "voting ring" but pretty much we see about a blog per week from them of extremely low/general quality.

11

* Later, a women asks whether the pendant the author is wearing, which is from Nairobi, is "a calculator".

12

Avoid vacations if you want to, dedicate your life to grabbing the brass ring by whatever means you feel appropriate.

13

For the reading typographical areas most of the filtering will need to be done by the OS and you don't have much control over that.

14

These days, with largers monitors, I use a 24 inch, at an appropriate distance, I don't need any filtering than my own aging eyes.

15

After hearing the author's complaints, "Steve" says, "Whoa whoa whoa, those comments youre hearing arent racist; theyre jokes", and then "The problem is that youre too sensitive.

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* After telling that coworker that he is considering telling HR about racism in his group, "Steve" takes him aside for a 1-1 meeting.

17

I live in central Japan's manufacturing hub. If you ever come visit me, and really want to return depressed, I'll arrange for us to take a tour of the company which produces most of the world's cell phone camera gaskets.

18

This story doesn't ring true to me. Particularly the part about how his day consisted of cat videos, Reddit, and eBay that's a caricature, designed to fit the popular conception of "wasting time at the office".

19

The problem is, its less qualified and their intentions aren't easily converted to caring about our product, they're distracted by some other impulse.

20

Anything above or below this should be the result of filtering or as a very, very light application of color, usually feathered and not noticeable.

21

And what's up with the growing number of websites which take deliberate pains to prevent me from using pinch-to-zoom on iOS?Surely there's a special ring in Hell for those web anti-designers.

22

It is important to actually get a reporter to get Youtube video of Ortiz either answering questions or running from them, as they have much more license to get in the face of a US Attorney.

23

An Eliot-Spitzer-Client-9 level scandal uncovered in this fashion would absolutely knock her out of the ring, though it wouldn't be as satisfying as seeing her forced to step down for pursuing this case.

24

The Caller ID test is equally important, and is as follows: if the candidate calls you on a Friday night and wants to spend time hanging out or working, are you more likely to pick up or let it ring to voicemail?

25

No mobile, no Google glasses, no new computer game, no crafty actionable patio11 strategy, no raspberry pi hack, no programming language hack, no excellent presentation, no struggling story of success, no rejection and comeback, no scaling of servers, no clever command lines, no new SSH shell, no browser plugin, no investment philosophy, just "I love my business".75% of their posts are simply not HN-worthy and there isn't a voting ring but there is probably a bunch of social contacts who are up voting this.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ring in a sentence?

If you do, that defect will ring like a bell.

What does ring mean?

a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity"

What part of speech is ring?

ring is commonly used as noun, verb.