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How to use ringed in a sentence

19 example sentences · adjective

Ringed means marked with rings, circles, or loops. Example: “They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.”

More sentences with ringed

  • They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.From the entry ring
  • In the Gulf of Gdańsk, it is possible to spot ringed seals and harbour porpoises.From the entry Gulf of Gdańsk
  • The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.From the entry ring
  • I've got to get these mic lines set up and ringed out.2017, Hayden Nicholas, Rock Bottom, page 43. From the entry ring out
  • All individuals were ringed and adult geese neckbanded and returned to the corral.2015 July 2, Clausen KK, Madsen J, Tombre IM, “Carry-Over or Compensation? The Impact of Winter Harshness and Post-Winter Body Condition…. From the entry neckband
  • The T-shirty sweater shown below is long sleeved beige knit, ringed with navy-blue.1966 August 16, The News Tribune, 84th year, number 60, Tacoma, Wash., page 6. From the entry t-shirty
  • The away end was duly packed out and ringed, sternly, by a gaggle of widely jeered Metropolitan police.2025 March 1, Barney Ronay, “Crystal Palace through after Millwall keeper’s red for head-high tackle on Mateta”, in The Guardian. From the entry gaggle
  • Jose 5 ft. 9in, he started walking toward Jose, the first shot ringed out then another it all happen so fast!2012, Charles E. Davis, My Life, My Son "Big L" and Family Values, page 61. From the entry ring out
  • It’s ringed by world-class mountain ranges on three sides.2011, Stephan Talty, “An Examination of Prior Memories”, in Escape from the Land of Snows (History), New York: Crown Publishers, →ISBN…. From the entry Altyn Tagh
  • A North Shore town centre is being ringed by an electronic fence in an attempt to stop thefts of supermarket trundlers.2010, Wayne Thompson, “Electronic war on trolley thieves”, in New Zealand Herald. From the entry trundler
  • The white bodies developed short stubby leggish appendages, with a single large sucker orifice ringed and ringed with little teeth.2007, R. M. Meluch, The Sagittarius Command. From the entry leggish
  • The platz is ringed by steeply gabled pastel burghers' houses and in the centre sits the medieval town hall.2003 November 2, Tom Templeton, “Worth more than 15 minutes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2021. From the entry gabled
  • He looked up, met gray eyes ringed with paintstick.1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry fatigues
  • He was ringed in on all sides by a solid circle of gleaming red sparks that shone from the grass.1936, Robert Howard, Graveyard Rats. From the entry ring in
  • The waiter returned with a generous slice of the cake, ringed with paste di meliga, cornmeal shortbread cookies that were a specialty of the region.2022, Katie Hafner, The Boys, Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN. From the entry torta
  • It swooped down low and landed, its long, ringed legs trembling as it anchored itself on the branch of a thick-trunked tree.2016, Elizabeth Nunez, Prospero's Daughter, →ISBN, page 317. From the entry corbeau
  • Everybody had washed before going to bed, apparently, and the bowls were ringed with a dark sediment which the hard, alkaline water had not dissolved.1923, Willa Cather, One of Ours, Book One, Chapter 1. From the entry basin
  • Its spacious market places, with their architectural colonnades, and its suburban gymnasia, ringed by trees, evidence not agoraphobia but agoraphilia — love of openness — wherever it was possible.1949, Town and Country Planning - Volumes 17-18, page 179. From the entry agoraphilia
  • Possibly monster pumpkins may become still more monstrous by the shoots being ringed, and so may other vegetables and fruits where quality is of less importance than mere size.1901 December 20, “The Ringing of Plants”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 21, page 663. From the entry monstrous

Meaning of ringed

  1. adjective Marked with rings, circles, or loops.
  2. adjective Wearing a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded.

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Questions about ringed in a sentence

How do you use ringed in a sentence?
Ringed is used as an adjective. For example: “They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.”
What is a short sentence with ringed?
“He looked up, met gray eyes ringed with paintstick.”
What does ringed mean?
Ringed means marked with rings, circles, or loops.

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