1
: clear and full in tone : resounding
a ringing baritone
2
: vigorously unequivocal : decisive
a ringing condemnation of immorality
Examples of ringing in a Sentence
Do you hear that ringing sound?
an angry, ringing denial of the charges
Recent Examples on the Web
James Outman hit a ringing double and Minnesota star Byron Buxton followed with an RBI triple.
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Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
But just hours ahead of his season debut, one of Rodgers' new teammates shared a ringing endorsement for his star quarterback.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Two years later, the print received another ringing endorsement.
—Natalie Hammond, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
While most graduations take place in arenas in May, the ringing applause heard throughout the center yesterday marked the end of the high school educational journeys for over 50 students, many of whom have been involved with gun violence and used school to change their life direction.
—Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Not exactly a ringing endorsement.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
Although it can be characterized by a ringing, pulsing, buzzing, hissing or squealing sound, audiologists say the source of the condition lies in the brain's neural networks.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
But with a will Strike all your harps and set them ringing;
On hill and heath
Let every breath
Throw all its power into singing!
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
His ringing, carefree laugh mixed with soaring rhetoric about democracy, working families and hope.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
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Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
But just hours ahead of his season debut, one of Rodgers' new teammates shared a ringing endorsement for his star quarterback.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Two years later, the print received another ringing endorsement.
—Natalie Hammond, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
While most graduations take place in arenas in May, the ringing applause heard throughout the center yesterday marked the end of the high school educational journeys for over 50 students, many of whom have been involved with gun violence and used school to change their life direction.
—Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Not exactly a ringing endorsement.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
Although it can be characterized by a ringing, pulsing, buzzing, hissing or squealing sound, audiologists say the source of the condition lies in the brain's neural networks.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
But with a will Strike all your harps and set them ringing;
On hill and heath
Let every breath
Throw all its power into singing!
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
His ringing, carefree laugh mixed with soaring rhetoric about democracy, working families and hope.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Ringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ringing. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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