He will find that those tools work best which are sharp and clean and always in place.
Captain Keppel's voyage in the Dido with Mr. Brooke to Sarawak.
He put the ringin his pocket, removed the fire dogs, the tongs, the coal-scuttle and the whole paraphernalia of fire-places and looked up the flue.
He laughed with the others when one received $50 on a diamondring that cost two hundred.
A scorpion--an insect--within a ring of flames, would lift its sting and stab venom into its own head.
And, with my sharpened hearing catching every word with preternatural distinctness, I felt as if, the ring of Gyges on my finger, I had sat invisible at the council of my enemies.
There was a ring of iron on iron, and the man next the very old man raised his arms and began to speak very slowly, very distinctly, and very mournfully.
Then I came out upon a highroad, and turned my face towards the city lying under a crude sunshine, and in a ring of metallic vibrations.
Suiting action to words, the veteran pulled the ring of a tear gas grenade and flung it.
Its groined ceiling was supported by thick stone pillars to which were affixed chains and ring bolts of iron.
At last I had a mad desire to ring one of the bells.
He must have understood me, the scoundrel, for in an instant I felt a cold ring of steel against my ear, and a tiger clutch on my cravat.
It ended in my being used for a year as an assistant in the shop, and in being taught toring bells--a fine exercise, but not proper work for a man of refinement.
Overhead I heard the great bells ringing out: And all the bells on earth shall ring On Christmas day, on Christmas day.
You may pull it at any part of its course, and thus ring the bell as well as if you pulled at the end of the wire; but, in any case, the intelligent servant will refer the pull to the front door, and obey it accordingly.
What meaning lurks in this Squeezing of hands, embrace, and ling’ring kiss?
She started crying and told them she ain't got no money or jewels, 'cepting dering she had on her finger.
Den when dey ring dem bells en blow dem horns in de mornin, dat mean you better get up en go bout your task for dat day.
We'd sing a song the church bells used to ring in Beaufort.
He find out dat a dog name 'Ring Smith' was de best 'strike'.
If dere was 5,000 dogs here, I would bet a million dollars dat Ring Smith would open three miles ahead of the best in de bunch.
Dey was put in a ring and sold by crying out de price.
Now I'm off, and you'll ring me up or come round if you hear anything, and I'll do the same by you.
He wa'n't no naked heathen, and he didn't have no ring into his nose.
There were few afternoons when a ring of spectators did not surround the table, breathlessly watching the champions.
Ring out the alarm; Fly all; bring aid, if possible, to save her.
Jack had hopes, in time, of perfecting a device which would give a sharp, insistent ring and awaken even the soundest sleeper.
There was something assumed, something that did not ring true about his apparent heartiness.
A ring of black precipices came down to within half a mile of the shore, and between them was a big stream--long, shallow pools at the sea end and a chain of waterfalls above.
I can see Peter yet, standing in the ring of lamplight, supporting himself by a chair back, wrinkling his brows and, as he always did in moments of excitement, scratching gently the tip of his left ear.
Then I would ringup Blenkiron and tell him all my adventures.
I was on the point of shouting for Hamilton to get Wake to ring up Corps Headquarters, when I remembered that Wake was dead.
A strap or a ring is fastened round the Cormorant's neck, to prevent it swallowing its captures, just as we muzzle a ferret to prevent it lying up.
Two of the most familiar are the Wheatear and the Chiffchaff; Ring Ouzels, Willow Wrens, and Yellow Wagtails follow them closely.
In many places this species is known as the "Ring Dotterel"; in others its local name is the "Sand Lark.
While giving Finn the piece of meat he had been holding, the man slipped a swivel on to the ring of the handsome green collar, and attached to the swivel there was a strong leather lead.
The Judge was making notes on slips of paper now, and in another minute or so the ring was empty, save for the three hounds mentioned and Finn.
There he sat down on a chair at the edge of the ring in which the dogs for sale were being led to and fro by attendants for inspection.
The circus was to open that night, and much remained to be done in the way of preparing a ring in the big main tent, and so forth.
A number of other Wolfhounds were leaving the bench at the same time, and being led in the direction of a fenced-in judging ring (square in shape, by the way) at one end of the building.
Cormac's master was told that he could stand aside, and a murmur went round the ringof spectators to the effect that Cormac was the winner.
A ring was marked out in the orchard by means of a few faggots being stuck into the ground at intervals, and in the centre of this ring the Mistress of the Kennels would take up her stand as a sort of director of ceremonies.
Finn was the only hound in that ring under two and a half years of age, and Finn was just fifteen months old, a child among the acknowledged leaders and chieftains of his race.
No man living could claim to know more of Irish Wolfhounds than this white-haired Judge, who stood in the centre of a ring formed by all the greatest aristocrats of the historic breed.
The Mistress found a place for herself beside the ring with Kathleen, which not only gave her a good view of the judging, but also showed her plainly to all in the ring.
No sooner had Finn entered the outermost ring of dim firelight than the man looked up and saw, not the whole of him, but the light flickering on his legs.
And then four other young hounds filed into the ring with Finn and Kathleen to be judged in the junior class.
He dared not offer more, and he could not wait to see Tara led out of the ring by some stranger.
And then the Master walked into the ring with Finn, and took up his place next to the lady who led the grand old hound who had sired Finn--Champion Dermot.
Below the platform stood a ring of soldiers with impassive faces.
Then, with the exception of a devoted few who stayed in a grim ring around the standard-bearer, they turned to flee.
Hitherto, I am bound to admit, the guerilla chief had acted like a perfectly impartial judge; now there was a ring of anger in his voice and a dangerous glitter in his eyes.
Inside the ring was an open space, and there, to our astonishment, we beheld some twenty men lying on the grass in all manner of attitudes.
I saw the gigantic leader stride from the ring of men.
They tried to rise up from their seats: but from their seats they never rose, but stiffened, each man where he sat, into a ring of cold gray stones.
She laughed--a low laugh--terrible, for there was no ring of mirth therein.
Nevertheless the girl gladly descended from the throne, and almost instantly her glance fell upon the diamond ring sparkling upon Evarne's hand.
That to me, the most timid, retiring violet of the whole lot of you," and he set to work to prove his words by causing the very echoes to ring with his clear musical laughter.
She pressed her lips with such desperate violence against the ring he had given her, that the sharp stones inflicted a tiny cut.
She neither spoke nor looked up, but remained impassive, her eyes fixed on the beloved ring that sparkled upon her third finger.
Then she put her diamond engagement ring upon her finger, and, after a final critical gaze into the mirror, descended the stairs.
The only interruption to the proceedings was a ring at the door, which came as lunch-time was approaching.
She would have so much time for preparation as his ring at the door and his name being brought up-stairs would give her.
Lois smotheredly, and noticing at the same time that ring in his voice.
There was a soft ring in Lois's voice; it might be an echo of the trumpets and cymbals of which she had been speaking.
She had heard no ring of the door-bell; that must have been when she was up-stairs getting her Bible.
Lois again, with the same wholesome, hearty ring in her voice that her companion had noticed before.
Footnote 4: I am unacquainted with the date of composition of this story about a Ring more potent than that of Gyges.
It settled there, but its wings quivered in a large circle; it seemed to Johannes that the tips of them made a ring of light.
Thus, whichever way they ran, they found people standing before them, and soon they began to run around in a circle within the ring of men, and continued to do this until they became exhausted.
Sometimes, too, in the surround, especially if the herd of buffalo was large, it was found impossible to turn them, and they would break their way through the ring of men.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ring" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
