rung
Example Sentences
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She was at her desk, with her feet wrapped around the rungs of the chair, and a pencil tip in her mouth.
From Literature
“People think there’s this invisible ladder and you have to get to the next rung of the ladder,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times
The boy had been to enough schools to know that certain rules were universal and that kids like Toby occupied lower rungs of the social ladder.
From Literature
S&P Global assigned Strategy a B- issuer credit rating with stable outlook in October, five notches below the lowest rung of investment grade.
From Barron's
S&P Global assigned Strategy a B- issuer credit rating with stable outlook in October, five notches below the lowest rung of investment grade.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
