How to Use ram in a Sentence

ram

1 of 2 noun
  • There’s a lot to consider in the world of the ram’s head squid.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The ranger pulled a ram skull from the back of a Jeep and put it on the ground in front of the wide-eyed troop.
    John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2021
  • In some parts of West Africa, the price for a ram has doubled.
    Aya Batrawy, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020
  • My wind call was off, and the bullet passed just in front of the big ram’s nose.
    Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 26 Jan. 2021
  • By the blow of a ram’s horn in a beam of biblical light.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2021
  • That shell is part of what makes the ram’s horn squid special.
    Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Four rams, 10 ewes, and four lambs watched me, less than 30 feet away.
    Jim Kristofic, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The ram was used to breach the front entrance and the vehicle then returned to the back.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2023
  • Something happened and the ram was gone for 20-25 years.
    Lori Riley, courant.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Look at the options: a ram, a lion, a centaur on the hunt.
    Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Six-tenths of a second later the ram was lying in the red dirt of Africa.
    Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Deputies said lambs, goats and a ram were among the 10 animals found dead.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Why was the ram called a rude host at his dinner party?
    Manal Aman, Woman's Day, 9 June 2022
  • The couple posed in front of a sculpture of a ram by artist David Williams-Ellis.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 27 June 2022
  • On the 20th March — the same day as the Spring Equinox — the Sun will officially enter into the sign of the ram.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2022
  • On March 20 — the same day as the Spring Equinox — the Sun will officially enter into the sign of the ram.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Skip straight to your sign: Aries, a fiery and ambitious ram is the first sign of the zodiac.
    Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The ram is expected to be put out to stud so as to breed with female sheep (dams).
    Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The icing on the cake is the console's SSD, which will be used as virtual ram.
    Brittany Vincent, Popular Mechanics, 11 June 2019
  • The Rams offense works well with Michel's battering-ram style of play.
    Tony Holm, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Local hunting guides fanned the lights of their cellphones across the ground to search for where the ram-like creature fell.
    Marisa Iati, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The blowing of a ram’s horn, or shofar, was done outdoors at the gardens to signal the new year.
    al, 28 Sep. 2020
  • It is alluded to in the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts, where a ram’s fleece served much the same purpose.
    Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 24 June 2020
  • Its prow and stern were decorated with a ram’s head, sacred to the god.
    National Geographic, 25 June 2019
  • But with a new season ahead and a new offense in place, the battering ram who couldn’t catch has the chance to be much more.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The sounding of the shofar, a ram's horn, is the central observance of the holiday.
    Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2020
  • An angel of the Lord stopped him so Abraham then took a ram and sacrificed it.
    baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 23 Apr. 2021
  • In the name of urgency, Democrats ram-rodded their impeachment case through the House.
    Doug Collins, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2020
  • On 19th April, the Sun will leave the sign of the ram and enter into the sociable sign of the bull, bringing us a more relaxed vibe to the world around us.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Empty bottles of beer and liquor and an odd lighting fixture in the shape of a ram’s head were strewn on a table.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
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ram

2 of 2 verb
  • The car slid and rammed against the wall.
  • He opened the chute and rammed the clothes down.
  • She rammed her fist against the wall in anger.
  • She rammed the cork into the barrel.
  • They deliberately rammed my car from behind.
  • He deliberately rammed his car into mine.
  • The deputies in the car that was rammed were not injured.
    The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The pickup was used to ram through the overhead bay door.
    Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022
  • One of the partygoers in The First Purge has a mask with a long nose and ram horns.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 11 May 2022
  • This man walked in, grabbed me by the back of my neck, turned me around, and rammed his nasty-ass tongue down my throat.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Carroll rammed his left knee into the fence in the sixth inning and was removed from the game.
    Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Rosh Hashanah begins with the blowing of a shofar, or ram’s horn.
    al, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Caught between predator and prey, Potter gets rammed twice by the shark.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Members of a pod had been ramming and shaking boats in the area for more than three years, and had now sunk four.
    Sallie Tisdale, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Sometimes, the driver from behind will ram into the car making the turn.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Police had to ram the apartment’s front door to open it, Contee said.
    NBC News, 26 Apr. 2022
  • During the Hilton laundry-room shootout at the end of the movie, the story called for Pantoliano to get rammed in the head by a giant steel beam.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2023
  • The next day, a 54-year-old Palestinian man attempted to use his car to ram through a group of soldiers.
    Claire Parker, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
  • In four cases, suspects used a car or truck to ram into the store, getting inside three of them.
    Dan Morse, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The shark can be seen lunging at the boat's stern, ramming into the outboard motors and thrashing about the water.
    Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 29 July 2023
  • At some point – and with the fire still raging – an armored vehicle was seen ramming the house on the WPVI footage.
    John Miller, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Wildcat nickel Alex Afari rammed into Koziol and popped the ball loose.
    The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The shop’s footage showed police chasing the sedan through the intersection and ramming it from the front and back, the employees said.
    oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Even an attempt at a suicide attack failed because the men couldn’t reach a U.S. warship to ram.
    Chieko Tsuneoka, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The two officers fled the scene and heard gunshots coming from the car that had tried to ram them, according to police.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Clay plaster and rammed earth from the waste soil of Brussels building sites are used for finishing.
    Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 7 Mar. 2023
  • As safety Justin Reid ran at him full speed, Mayfield decided to try to ram him straight on.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Robert Jones, the man who said deputies rammed a stick down his throat, arrived at the jail with a swollen and mud-streaked face after deputies beat him and threw him into a ditch.
    Nate Rosenfield Rory Doyle For The New York Times, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • As Smith was ramming into the police vehicles, McGuire fired one shot and struck Smith in the shoulder.
    Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Most of the dead were killed by ramming as aid truck drivers tried to escape the gunfire and chaos, eyewitnesses and the IDF both said.
    Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024

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