How to Use ringed in a Sentence

ringed

adjective
  • By the next evening, the moon will sit to the far left of the ringed world.
    Carsten Peter, National Geographic, 1 Aug. 2017
  • The five-ringed Olympic flag was raised and the anthem played.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
  • Earth will fly between the ringed planet and the sun, per EarthSky.org.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The ringed planet will look like a large star Thursday.
    Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • This month, the ringed planet will be about 820 million miles from Earth.
    Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The ringed planet Saturn is back in the evening skies and will reach its closest point to Earth on Aug. 2.
    Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The bears in Greenland have adapted by fishing for ringed seals, their main prey, at the edge of glaciers that meet the sea.
    Fortune, 16 June 2022
  • There’s a large ringed projection screen above the area where shoppers line up to pay.
    Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The ringed world rises in the southeast at sunset and is visible all evening.
    Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, 7 July 2019
  • Each item was highlighted for two seconds with a ringed red square.
    Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Titan is the ringed planet’s largest moon and is the second largest moon in the entire solar system.
    Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 June 2020
  • The ringed planet may be found in the southeastern sky about an hour after sunset.
    Geoff Chester, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The ringed planet had a brief stint in Aquarius earlier this year from March 21 to July 1.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Two microfiber pads sit at the ends of each arm, which attach at a ringed base that allows users to stow the cleaner on a keyring or lanyard.
    Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 8 Mar. 2021
  • In November, the state and the North Slope Borough filed a new lawsuit seeking to delist the ringed seal as protected.
    James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Look for the brilliant moon to position itself less than half a degree from the star-like ringed world at dawn in the high southern sky.
    Andrew Fazekas, National Geographic, 1 Apr. 2019
  • After all, the ice provides polar bears with access to ringed seals—with less ice, there is less access to food.
    Gloria Dickie, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Her ringed locs were twisted and fell over one shoulder, the better to show off her dramatic gold hoops.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 12 May 2022
  • The blue-ringed octopus is considered one of the most venomous marine creatures in the world.
    Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • That’s when the Canadians, beaten by the US in the 2012 semis in London, began having five-ringed flashbacks.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The parrot was adorned in red highlights on its green crown, rose-like feathers on the forehead, large yellow-ringed eyes, and as the name suggests, wings of blue.
    Olivia Gibson, CNN, 27 June 2017
  • Put moist sphagnum moss over the ringed area, cover it with clear plastic wrap, and secure it with twine or floral ties.
    Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Saturn and the moon, January 13 and 14 On two nights, the waxing crescent moon and the iconic, ringed planet will be very close to each other in the sky.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Pioneer 11 revealed what the ringed planet is made of, as well as identified new moons and a new ring around the gas giant.
    Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2020
  • The usual five-ringed souvenirs, the pins and T-shirts and backpacks were invisible in shop windows.
    BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Polar bears use sea ice as a platform for hunting ringed seals, the fatty staple of their diets.
    Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Its shady and winding paths invite you to view species of Chamaedorea palms with arching leaves and narrow, bamboo-like ringed stems.
    Helen Purcell Montag, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2023
  • And the same is true of the blue-ringed octopus, a small but deadly creature capable of killing 26 humans with its golf ball-sized vat of venom.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The wondrous ringed world will look especially lovely through a telescope at this time.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 5 Jan. 2024
  • After darkness falls, look southeast for the waxing gibbous moon pairing up with the ringed world Saturn.
    National Geographic, 1 July 2017

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