rung

Example Sentences

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His ears had rung for twenty-four hours after the ten-minute pounding.

From Literature

“We’ll use the roots like rungs on a ladder. You go first. Hang on tight to a root and I’ll help you get your feet up.”

From Literature

She was at her desk, with her feet wrapped around the rungs of the chair, and a pencil tip in her mouth.

From Literature

“People think there’s this invisible ladder and you have to get to the next rung of the ladder,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

The boy had been to enough schools to know that certain rules were universal and that kids like Toby occupied lower rungs of the social ladder.

From Literature