rang

past tense of ring

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rang 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 After a fight had broken out an hour earlier, workers were shutting down the restaurant and ushering out patrons, when shots suddenly rang out from the passing black car. Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024 About five hours later, air raid sirens rang out again. Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024 During this investigation, police learned that a woman was at the massage parlor that evening by herself when the doorbell rang. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024 In his article, Doane says, Around 2,000 people helped rebuild, from a foundry in Normandy that re-tuned the bells which rang out again this weekend, to those scouring forests for centuries-old oak, to find a thousand pieces of French oak to rebuild the spire. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024 There were footsteps on the porch, and McArdle started heading toward the door even before the bell rang. Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024 Still, the charmingly chaotic ceremony rang true to the spirit of Slamdance’s origins. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rang
echoed
Verb
  • The quiet woodland echoed with the gentle thud of the workers’ axes.
    Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Moore echoed her Olympic teammate’s sentiments.
    Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Rang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rang. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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