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ringer

[ring-er] / ˈrɪŋ ər /


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

Tom Hollander is a dead ringer for Capote, while Naomi Watts’ Babe Paley is stunning and tragic.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2024

He’s a man all right, but a dead ringer for Mimi from Drew Carey.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak