ping
Example Sentences
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We sit in silence for a minute, and then Eddie’s phone pings.
From Literature
The fire reached out toward the house with greedy arms, and embers pinged off the walls and windows.
From Literature
As I bent down to collect them, I bumped the sewing basket off Aunt Kitty’s chair and heard the sound of a hundred tiny straight pins ping their way across my aunt’s freshly swept floor.
From Literature
But what happens when the detox is over and the chorus of text pings, slack dings and social media notifications swells throughout the rest of the year?
From Los Angeles Times
Looking for still more bidders, Apple pinged Capital One and said a deal was imminent but it had one last chance to get in.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
