ringer
Example Sentences
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Through the emotional ringer again - despair to hope in the space of three days.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Paul Revere was a bell ringer in Boston, where church bells were tolled to signal fires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 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
He makes sure the ringer switch on the side is set to silent before hitting the power button.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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