At times a pipe would sound out of the shadow of a house, ringing the changes on its three notes, with an effect like Que le jour me dure, repeated endlessly.
A short nap had refreshed him somewhat, and when Kennedy announced that it was past two o'clock he waited a few moments, then commenced ringing the call bell by his bedside to summon the nurse.
The ringing of the telephone bell that Swanson heard as he lapsed into unconsciousness was the call of Barney Baldwin for Ed Edwards.
The bells were ringing a stormo from churches and palaces, clashing and clanging over the heads of republicans and imperialists, when Caesar himself, his royal helmet crowned with a garland, appeared upon the scenes.
In the background are the towers of San Gimignano, and the Angels are ringing the bells.
Again I seemed to hear in the air the music of "1812," and the bells of burning Moscow ringing out loud and clear above the triumph song of the invader.
One could hear bells ringing in the distance, back toward Treviso, and singing and cheering everywhere.
And yet, in her heart, lay the awful doubt--and the words keptringing in her ears!
Suddenly back behind there in the darkness a shriek split the night like a sudden flash of flame--a great ringing scream that cracked and swelled and stopped.
Then of a sudden the uproar stopped, and the ringing of axes and grating of saws and tugging of mules was heard.
An electric ticker was drumming away in one corner, a telephone ringing on the desk, and messenger boys hovered outside the door and raced to and fro.
This country is truly one of the corners of the world where the laughter of girls breaks out most easily, ringing like clear crystal, ringing youthfulness and fresh throats.
The mistiness of my brain suddenly cleared; I saw everything plainly; I heard distinctly; and when I spoke, the tone of my voice sounded as full and ringing as it had previously seemed low and muffled.
His voice had been full of ringing eloquence as he spoke, but at these last words it sank into a low, thrilling tone of solemnity and earnestness.
Then her ringing peal of laughter assured me that a living person stood before me.
The vesper-bell was ringing in the village when I entered the courtyard of the herdsman.
A pretty time when they're already ringing vespers in the village.
One of the slender towers of that vast cathedral was already in flames, while in the other the alarm-bells were ringing furiously.
One lurking memory, that would neither show its shape nor withdraw its shadow, haunted her ringing brain.
Mr. Pettigrew stood silent among the crystalline beauties of mathematical truth, and a dozen students leaped to their feet as the daughter's long wail came ringing through the house mingled with the cry of Johanna.
Their fears combined with their pride; and the shouts of the mob, the whine of the cordeliers, still ringing in their ears, they deemed united resistance the only course left to protect their lives, and avenge their affront.
His voice, ringing with the eager loyalty which was so large a factor in his religion, then breaking into human tenderness, ceased.
Then Barnabas Thorpe's ringing voice pealed through the yard in a vigorous denunciation; he took the throng of reprobates so by surprise that he got through a whole sentence unmolested.
The pagans heard the clarions ringing behind the mountains, and they said, "These are the clarions of Charles the Great.
They blew the clarions, but there was no sound, neither any that answered save the ringing mountain sides.
Even as they touched the shore, the bells ceased ringingfor the marriage of Rimenhild to King Modi.
Soon the axe was heard ringing through the forests, and tree after tree fell to the ground, while the occasional sharp ring of a rifle told that the hunters were catering successfully for the camp.
Lord Colambre, pulling out his watch with one hand, and ringing the bell with the other.
Then, ringing the bell, he asked Lady Dashfort's permission to have the basket put into her carriage.
This did not prevent reporters from getting over the side, however, and although Duncan was very reticent, the whole town was soon ringing with his praise.
Does he notice a child's ringing a door bell in play?
I will attend you home," and taking her proffered hand, I descended the hill, with the dreadful word still ringing in my ears, and the fadeless vision still glowing in my heart.
Some joyful event must have occurred, for the bells are ringing merrily, and the inhabitants are dressed in holiday attire.
He gasped, threw back his head to take in a much-needed breath, and would have set the air ringing with a shriek of dismay had not Tyler suddenly stopped him.
Indeed, as Tyler ascended the gangway, followed closely by his chest, the bell was ringing loudly to warn friends and relatives to leave, while the blue-peter at the fore showed that all was in readiness.
He began to mount forthwith, but amazed by a sudden ringing of shot, he stopped, asking himself in horror whether it could be an execution.
Hence the number of people gathered about to prick up their ears as the racket down the road grew louder and louder each second, and the thud of horses' hoofs, the shouts of boys' voices and a girl's ringing laugh were borne to them.
By the time the fudge had been cleaned off from everything within a radius of five feet, for a more complete splash had never been made by any descending mass, the "lights out" bells were ringing in all the corridors.
Ringing there was her talk with Stephen Brice, as though it were still rapidly going on.
And Janet, once clear of the people, fled westward, the words the foreigner had spoken ringing in her ears.
The sun had risen, the bells were ringing riotously, resonantly in the clear, cold air.
For some moments he stood dazed by what he had heard, the query ringing in his head: Why had Jethro Bass bought that note?
And they trudged homeward with the wild enthusiasm still ringing in their ears, heavy with the thought that the long, hot campaign of their own Wide-Awakes might be in vain.
Ringing letter of acceptance, in which he denounces the political power of the Northeastern Railroads, and declares that the State is governed from a gilded suite of offices in New Pork.
Presently the strains of music pervaded my consciousness, the chimes of Trinity ringing out in the damp night the Christmas hymn, Adeste Fideles.
And it was Paul who was chiefly instrumental in freeing the message from the narrow bounds of Palestine and sending it ringing down the ages to us.
The sledge-meter, which had been affixed, made its presence evident from time to time byringing like a cash register, as still another broken spoke struck the forks.
To ensure this, Hurley devised an automatic arrangement, so that an electric bell was set ringingwhenever a current was passing; the night-watchman would then note the fact in the log-book.
Work started, meals were eaten, and work stopped at fixed hours, signaled by the ringingof a bell.
Five minutes after Lemoyne's departure Cope heard the telephone ringing downstairs, and presently a patient, middle-aged man knocked at the door and told him the call was for him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ringing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
