dinged

past tense of ding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinged
Verb
  • Authorities said Casey’s phone was pinged and later showed a remote spot between Thunder mountain trail and Nugget Creek trail, which prompted rescue teams to respond to the area of the ping.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Zimbabwean economist and former opposition parliamentarian, Eddie Cross, said the resolution to extend Mnangagwa’s rule had dented economic confidence.
    Tawanda Karombo, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Her candor hasn’t been dented—this is a woman who clearly feels and cares deeply about the world.
    Helen Mirren, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Will Smith’s solo blast in the 11th sealed the Jays’ fate, but along the way fans feasted on a host of World Series anomalies, including a rare bench-clearing in the bottom of the fourth after Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski plunked Jays shortstop Andrés Giménez with a four-seamer.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • He was pulled in favor of Seranthony Dominguez, who plunked his first batter, then gave up the decisive blow, an Eugenio Suárez grand slam that sent the T-Mobile Park crowd into hysteria.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Your competition will be tarnished if the match goes ahead.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Each person has, or had, prominent roles in the NBA, but now, their legacies are seemingly tarnished.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Protesters continued to clashed with law enforcement early Friday morning on Coast Guard Island in Alameda County, where CBP was supposed to stage before launching its Bay Area raids.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Federal immigration officials have followed people in their cars, rappelled from helicopters in an apartment building raid, and clashed with protesters at a facility in the suburbs.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Our buckteeth clinked painfully.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Glasses clinked; and at the center of it all was her very first ESSENCE cover, in October 2017.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The only recourse those unregulated bookmakers had when their Spidey-senses tingled was to simply stop taking bets on the suspicious game.
    David Hill, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Minutes after the fight ended, a lone 911 caller rang authorities to report the brawl.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • According to the arrest report, detectives then found surveillance video showing the outside of the victim’s home moments before the two kidnappers rang the doorbell.
    KFOX Staff, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Dinged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinged. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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