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The problem isn’t so much the messages but the distinctive ringtone that prefaces each one:
Sounds pleasant enough—harmonic, slightly insistent yet not too hysterical.
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IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2011
Already various people in the train car were becoming familiar to me from their insistent ringtones.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
His voice, untrained and unfiltered, is ubiquitous, too: used in cellphone ringtones and blared from loudspeakers.
—Jawad Rizkallah, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
Generic vacation raps over a beat that sounds like several Sidekick ringtones playing at the same time.
—Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2011
Already various people in the train car were becoming familiar to me from their insistent ringtones.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
His voice, untrained and unfiltered, is ubiquitous, too: used in cellphone ringtones and blared from loudspeakers.
—Jawad Rizkallah, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
Generic vacation raps over a beat that sounds like several Sidekick ringtones playing at the same time.
—Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ringtone
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“Ringtone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ringtone. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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ringtone
noun
ring·tone
ˈriŋ-ˌtōn 
: the sound made by a cell phone to signal an incoming call
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