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How to use ding in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun, verb

Ding means very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip. Example: “I just got my first ding letter.”

Examples of ding by meaning

nounVery minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.

  • Mike hit the bottom and picked up a little ding on his head.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer
  • If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board.2007 September, “Ding Repairs”, BBC Wales, archived on 5 October 2014

nounA rejection.

  • I just got my first ding letter.

verbTo fire or reject.

  • His top school dinged him last week.

verbTo deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.

  • My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM.

More sentences with ding

  • Ding initiates the pawn exchange (19 cxb5 axb5).2024 December 12, Bryan Armen Graham, “Gukesh Dommaraju defeats Ding Liren in World Chess Championship Game 14 – live updates”, in…. From the entry drawish
  • Diagram of mold for casting a fang ding.2007 [1995], W. T. Chase, “Chinese Bronzes: Casting, Finishing, Patination, and Corrosion”, in David A. Scott, Jerry Podany, Brian B.…. From the entry interleg
  • Something to break the surface, just ding it a little.2004, Richard Henry, Rick Henry, Anthony O. Tyler, The Blueline Anthology, page 231. From the entry sneakery
  • Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong?1961, “Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)” (track 1), in Who Put the Bomp, performed by Barry Mann. From the entry ramalamadingdong
  • Grandpop was here when Momma brought me here after kiddygarten, and he showed me how to make the cash register go, 'ding.'2005, Tammy Robinson Smith, Emmybeth Speaks, page 110. From the entry kiddygarten
  • When Arthur first did rule the land, He made a large pudding a ding ding, Great swacking plums he did put in, etc., etc.1923, Norman George Brett-James, The History of Mill Hill School, 1807-1923, page 125. From the entry swacking
  • The Chalon is a rock solid dinging pleasure during lunch and dinner, with an exquisite setting and full course Frenchesque food complete with fine wines and sparkling table cloths.1973 May 4, Rosemary Wright, “Dining and entertainment with Rosemary Wright: Your dining out M.O. …what is it?”, in Daily News-Post…. From the entry Frenchesque

Meaning of ding

  1. noun Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.
  2. noun A rejection.
  3. verb To hit or strike.

Full definition of ding

Questions about ding in a sentence

How do you use ding in a sentence?
Ding is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I just got my first ding letter.”
What is a short sentence with ding?
“His top school dinged him last week.”
What does ding mean?
Ding means very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ding (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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