ringer
Example Sentences
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My phone lives in the bathroom in a charger with the ringer on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
For two years, Alex Coleman of Brentwood has been the ringer you want on your pickup basketball team at the local park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2026
"It was really fun for us to put them through the ringer and to basically have them look at each other and say: 'Are these differences too much for our partnership to succeed?'"
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
"I don't think Usman will have a choice. I think Khabib will have taken him back to the mountains in Dagestan after that first fight and absolutely put him through the ringer," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
And I had one ringer where the shoe wrapped itself around the top of the post, spun around a couple of times, and then dropped onto the sand.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
