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Ringing

noun

The sound of a bell ringing. Synonyms: ring, tintinnabulation. "The ringing of the telephone" , "The tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"

The giving of a ring as a token of engagement.

Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant. Synonyms: plangency, resonance, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy.

Ring

verb

(when related to sound: past rang; past part. rung; pres. part. ringing) (when related to circles: past & past part. ringed; pres. part. ringing)

Sound loudly and sonorously. Synonym: peal.

Ring or echo with sound. Synonyms: echo, resound, reverberate.

Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification. Synonym: knell. "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"

Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone. Synonyms: call, call up, phone, telephone. "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. Synonyms: border, environ, skirt, surround.

Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify. Synonym: band. "Band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"

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... pathetic, the tragedy of that little handful of San Luisanos, herded away in the heart of those barren hills to make way for the white man. And now the white man is almost gone and Father Dominic's Angelus, ringing from Mission San Luis Rey, falls upon the dull ear of a Japanese farmer, usurping that sweet valley, hallowed by sentiment, by historical association, by the lives and loves and ashes of the men and women who ...

— The Pride of Palomar • Peter B. Kyne

... snow, like a dream. It stood like a rock that had rolled down from the last steep slopes, a rock that had taken the form of a house, and was now half-buried. It was unbelievable that one could live there uncrushed by all this terrible waste of whiteness and silence and clear, upper, ringing cold. ...

— Women in Love • D. H. Lawrence

... sympathy. So on tiptoe he retreated down the garden walk and, avoiding the celebration at the bonfire, returned to his rooms. An hour later the entire college escorted him to the railroad station, and with "He's a jolly good fellow" and "He's off to Philippopolis in the morn—ing" ringing in his ears, he sank back his seat in the smoking-car and gazed at the lights of Stillwater disappearing out of his life. And he was surprised to find that what lingered his mind was not the students, dancing ...

— The Red Cross Girl • Richard Harding Davis

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— The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 - An Historical Romance • W. Harrison Ainsworth

... of government," resumed Michel—"but throughout all Europe, is your name ringing to the skies. A eulogium has been delivered ...

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