ping
Example Sentences
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In Australia, Surfshark’s ping times ranged from 281 to 422 ms, while NordVPN’s latency was lower — between 292 and 406 ms — based on test data.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
Upload speeds were generally stable, though ping times increased significantly on distant servers — reaching over 500 ms in Australia — which could introduce noticeable lag during gaming or video calls.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
"Ross stayed awake one night listening to the 'ping ping ping' of the smaller stones coming down but the bigger ones - you really hear them thud," she said.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
Other celebs got off relatively easy, like Chalamet, the waifish “Marty Supreme” star, who Glaser called “the first actor in history to have to put on muscle for a movie about ping pong.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
“How about a pink or ping? A thud or thump? A metallic screech or scrape?”
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
