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

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

"I don't think Usman will have a choice. I think Khabib will have taken him back to the mountains in Dagestan after that first fight and absolutely put him through the ringer," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

It had taken him two whole minutes to run down the stairs, and maybe he’d accidentally had the ringer turned off and so he’d missed a call from Josie.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix