ding

Example Sentences

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This is ostensibly a courtesy to avoid alerting current co-workers that you are job hunting, but it means people you rub the wrong way could ding you years later.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The other risk—one that has already caused the market to ding CoreWeave stock —concerns financing.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

It may be hard not to feel like a lower credit limit or a temporary ding to your score is a reflection on you, but it’s really not.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

The only ding on the film is that Ross is still learning to work with actors.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024

Instead, I listened to the sounds around me—the rumble of ice from the drink machine, the ding of a cash register, the murmur of voices, and the occasional burst of laughter from nearby tables.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin