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
He has an 8 handicap in golf and can drive a ball 300 yards from the tee, so if you need a ringer for a charity tournament, Goroyan will play the role.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
In an egg-and-spoon race, no one gets lonely or drunk, and there is unlikely to be a ringer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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 warned me I’d get a shock when I met his wife, she was such a dead ringer for Carole Lombard.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
