Word Finder - rang

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Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.

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The bells were ringing in the town.

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To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.

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The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.

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To produce (a sound) by ringing.

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They rang a Christmas carol on their handbells.

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To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.

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Whose mobile phone is ringing?

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Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.

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That does not ring true.

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To telephone (someone).

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I will ring you when we arrive.

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To resound, reverberate, echo.

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To produce music with bells.

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To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.

The phone rang ten times before Lisa gave up.

The phone rang to voice message!

She rang the bell again.

Her phone rang, and she snatched it.

The moment was so tense that, when the telephone rang, they both jumped.

The gun rang out with a deafening metallic roar, and a whistling grenade flew above the heads of our troops below the hill and fell far short of the enemy, a little smoke showing the spot where it burst.

He rang the doorbell again and pounded on the door.

As usual, the phone rang until her voicemail picked up.

Carmen had only taken a few bites before the telephone rang – a reminder that her cell phone was in her room.

The phone rang several times and then dropped the call.

His phone rang as he reached for a dumbbell.

Later, after the guests left, the three-person management team was cleaning up when the front door bell rang.

Ooh's and aah's rang around the small patio as various goodies were presented for general perusal.

The phone rang four times and Carmen was ready to hang up when Katie answered.

The phone rang and went to voicemail.

It rang several times and then switched over for her to leave a message.

The phone rang more than a dozen times before a man with groggy voice answered.

She'd made it halfway up the stairwell when his voice rang out.

Her phone rang, and she saw Dr. Mallard's number flash on the screen.

His cell rang, and he answered, eyes always moving.

She turned her head away, jumping as the shot rang out.

As they were leaving the building, the phone rang.

As Dean ate his one poached egg, absent toast, the phone rang.

While both Deans were on their knees cleaning up the mess, the phone rang again.

They had just finished the meal when the telephone rang, but not with news of Martha.

Each time the phone rang, Cynthia flinched, fearing some state minion was calling to drag Martha back to his lair in the dungeons of officialdom.

Every time the phone rang for a year, we were sure someone had found the body.

As he opened his mouth to speak, the doorbell rang.

Several times the telephone rang and he hurried to answer it as if he were expecting a call.

As she opened the oven door to put the chicken in, her cell phone rang.

Alex was finishing supper with his family when the telephone rang in his office.

Her cell rang, and she stared at it briefly through bleary eyes.

Katie was thinking of how much whiskey it'd take to dull the edge of her headache when the phone rang.

The phone rang twice while he worked, both times answered by Fred who sounded as if he was booking another guest.

As Dean was setting the hall night-light, the phone rang.

Dean was wondering about her answer, as the telephone rang.

Once again, the phone rang unanswered at the Indiana location.

It rang a second time before Dean released Edith's pinned arms and answered it.

The telephone in faraway Indiana rang, first in their agreed sequence, then twenty times before Dean gave up and turned out the light.

Dean had no more than hung up from yet another unsuccessful telephone try when the phone rang.

He stood outside Elisabeth's house for a minute, took a deep breath and rang the bell.

When he rang the bell, she yelled, Come in.

She held her hand up as the phone rang.

The telephone rang and she dropped the hoe, racing for the house.

The phone rang four times before a sleepy male voice answered.

One shot rang out, followed by two more.

She rang the doorbell and we waited for someone to answer.

Dean shook his head no just as the phone rang from the front hall.

Dean offered his condolences just as the doorbell rang.

Mayer's telephone rang and he excused himself to answer it, leaving Dean at Jeffrey Byrne's grey steel desk.