ringer

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

Retired nurse Nancy Reed has been through the ringer trying to get insurance for her home next to a San Diego County nature preserve.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

"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

Mrs. Adler flips her ringer on, then slips her phone in the pocket of her shirt or pajama top or whatever it is.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko