How to Use ram in a Sentence

ram

1 of 2 noun
  • The ram whirled, rushed down off his rocky pinnacle, and went by us.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026
  • Rams coach Scott Perry said there will be lessons learned from that game.
    Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The actual blast of the ram’s horn is loud, but not loud enough to rouse me from my stress blackout.
    Risa Polansky Shiman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Herb’s ram ran about 50 feet after he was hit with a broadside shot high through his lungs.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026
  • But Klare showed skills that could help the Rams this season and beyond.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The Rams have done a great job of managing him and keeping him out of harm’s way.
    Jess Bryant, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Not all contributed, but all are gone, making way for a new batch of Rams.
    Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In fact, the Rams don’t give me the warm fuzzies for any tight end with the likely heavy two- and three-tight-end use.
    Jake Ciely, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Nacua isn’t the only Rams player trying to earn an extension right now.
    Nate Atkins, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • So far, the Rams look much smarter than the TV draft scouts and pundits not named Orlovsky.
    Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • If the Rams don't win the Super Bowl, shut this Hall of Fame thing up.
    Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The whale then lets go, before another orca rams into the sunfish carcass at a high speed.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
  • He isn’t supposed to see the field until at least next season, if the Rams can keep Stafford upright.
    Nate Atkins, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • With a chance to win another championship on their home turf, the Rams are indisputably all-in.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
  • Nacua is one of the Rams’ best players and absolutely their most popular.
    Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • The Saints will be going down the road to visit the Rams for a joint practice on Thursday.
    Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • An absolute embarrassment of riches — not that the Rams are shy about it.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
  • The Rams don’t run the ball well enough to be the overwhelming favorite to win the Super Bowl but who cares?
    Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • If Nacua has been the flashiest through two practices, the most under-the-radar has been the Rams’ newest receiver.
    Nate Atkins, New York Times, 28 July 2026
  • And no one should want to see the Rams’ sure-handed wide receiver let generational wealth slip through his fingers.
    Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Last season, the Rams lost several games that featured major special teams breakdowns.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • The last two years, the Rams relied too heavily on the pass rush to help the secondary instead of finding a balance between the two.
    Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 23 July 2026
  • No doubt the Rams are gauging Donald’s interest in returning.
    Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Experts say long flights, like the 18-hour journey the 49ers and Rams will take, are tough on inflammation and blood flow.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
  • The Rams mostly worked their short game, as only roughly 10 passes went farther than 10 yards downfield.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Entering a season in which they are favored to win the Super Bowl, the Rams have added uniforms that pay homage to past glory.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
  • With Stafford, 38, back for an 18th season, the Rams are favored to win the Super Bowl.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026
  • The Rams don’t have an update on Aaron Donald’s potential return from retirement.
    Nate Atkins, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The team’s first preseason game is against the Los Angeles Rams on August 15.
    Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 18 July 2026
  • Taylor was shot in her bed by Louisville police officers executing a no-knock raid and using a battering ram to break into her apartment.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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.
  • Each opening gets rammed right through.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Once, her head was rammed against the side of a truck by police.
    Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Garfield grabbed her by the arm and rammed his head into her torso.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2018
  • The streets were so rammed with people that the bus could barely move.
    Tom Williams, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Over the coming months, students rammed her desk with their chairs.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024
  • In a marina next door, some of the boats lay half-sunken or rammed against docks.
    Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Davis rammed his eagle putt six feet past the hole and missed the birdie putt coming back.
    Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Riders could even make the saucers ram into each other like bumper cars.
    Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Do not ram your car into an officer.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Survivors later said the coast guard vessel rammed their boat.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • The van rammed through a fence onto the game field, Dee said, but deputies did not follow.
    Melissa Murphy, The Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The suspect was slightly injured when the civilian rammed him with a car.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 15 Feb. 2025
  • The attacker had rammed his four-door pickup truck into the front of the chapel.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Rosh Hashanah begins with the blowing of a shofar, or ram’s horn.
    al, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Police had to ram the apartment’s front door to open it, Contee said.
    NBC News, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Caught between predator and prey, Potter gets rammed twice by the shark.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 30 Aug. 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
  • Rashid said the car began ramming people about 10 feet away from him.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
  • The store showed signs of having been rammed with a vehicle, though nothing was stolen.
    Kc Baker, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • The teen got in his car, then rammed into his father’s truck, officials wrote.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
  • He gets rammed by a second vehicle and pushed up on top of the vehicle’s hood.
    Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Police rammed the door open and saw the man standing in the middle of the bedroom chugging a beer.
    Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2017

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