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• John has just rung in sick. He won't be back till Monday, he says.From the entry ring in
• In Japanese society, Koreans are viewed as being of a lower rung on the social ladder compared to Yamato people.From the entry Yamato
• A quarter peal of plain bob doubles was rung.From the entry doubles
• A quarter peal of plain bob triples was rung.From the entry triples
• A quarter peal of plain bob caters was rung.From the entry caters
• A quarter peal of plain bob cinques was rung.From the entry cinques
• Yet in reality, they made life worse for those at the bottom rungs of society.2024 March 20, Veronique de Rugy, “The Political Right Has Luxury Beliefs, Too”, in Reason. From the entry Henderson
• She put her feet on a rung and hugged down against her knees, making herself even smaller.2014, Thomas Gifford, The Cavanaugh Quest. From the entry hug
• Tommy Connolly, perhaps recalling Jones's earlier argumentativeness, rung him up — too close to take.2004, Michael Coffey, 27 Men Out: Baseball's Perfect Games, page 31. From the entry ring up
• The lineup of orbitals was analogous to the rungs on a ladder.2002, Understanding Artificial Intelligence. From the entry lineup
• My father was an illiterate Russian immigrant, a ragman, the lowest rung on the economic scale.1988 August 24, Mervyn Rothstein, “Kirk Douglas And Anger”, in New York Times, retrieved 02 Aug 2015. From the entry on the outside, looking in
• It was a hand-bell, rung by a boy in the next class-room.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 58. From the entry handbell
• Doak rung up a two-bagger, but his gardening in the alfalfa was not of the headliny variety.1910 June 26, “‘Peevish Plaints’”, in The Morning Star, volume LXXXVI, number 83 (13,331 overall), Wilmington, N.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2…. From the entry headliny
• The prodromous had rung for Oliver and was giving him a most pleasant message, as well as a promise.2013, John K. Sutherland, The Elusive Miss Wakefield, page 92. From the entry prodromous
• Marcos had rung him up on trumped-up charges.2010, Gary Poole, PacMan: Behind the Scenes with Manny Pacquiao, page 27. From the entry ring up
• You descend the rungs until you are on solid ground.2010, David Borgenicht, Joshua Piven, The Worst-Case Scenario Book of Survival Questions, page 157. From the entry underworking
• Ash was used for stales (ladder rungs).1998, Barney Edward Daley, Tobacco Parish: A Collection of South Windsor's Memories. From the entry stale
• They had ladder backs with three or more horizontal rungs or with a vertical element in the center.1977, Luis M. Feduchi, A History of World Furniture, page 81. From the entry ladder back
• Only one rung; about a week's supply of water.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 153. From the entry tonk
• Jeyrick Sigmaton, a name that might not have rung a bell before, hails from the serene landscapes of Barlig in Mountain Province.2017 October 4, Brando, “Carrot Man: Jeyrick Sigmaton's Inspiring Igorot Journey”, in Igorotage, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2024. From the entry Barlig
• Understeps were easy to detect, as the paw missed the rung entirely and the rat had to catch itself so it didn't stumble.2012, Adam Wolfberg, Fragile Beginnings: Discoveries and Triumphs in the Newborn ICU, →ISBN. From the entry understep
• Grip one rung lower down while you support the ladder at head height with your other hand, and then straighten your knees.2009, Albert Jackson, David Day, Popular Mechanics Complete Home How-To, rev. edition, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Books, Sterling Publishing…. From the entry ladder
• Instead of a crazed Brooksian farce about life on the bottom rung, Life Stinks turns out to be a surprisingly low-key Chaplinesque fable.1991 August 9, “Summer Comedies”, in Entertainment Weekly. From the entry Brooksian
• In the word ladder each rung is a six-letter word which has five letters in common with each of its neighbours (e.g.1990 10, Listener and BBC Television Review. From the entry word ladder
• I grasped the cold slimy rung.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 18, in Klee Wyck. From the entry belch
• It was low tide, so there was a long, sickening ladder with slimy rungs to climb down to get to the canoe.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 1, in Klee Wyck. From the entry tippiness
• Such changes may be rung on night-thoughts; but what is any moment of leisure, ennui, or enforced waiting but the chance to bewing leaden time?1920, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 126, page 819. From the entry bewing
• Employees on the nonsuperstar rungs of many industries can ask a less personal kind of intermediary for career-management help: employment Web sites like freeagent.com, guru.com and monster.com.2000 July 16, Elaine S. Silver, “PERSONAL BUSINESS; Agents? Call Them Career Customizers”, in The New York Times, archived from the…. From the entry nonsuperstar
• Witomski's trashing of gay literature would have rung a bit truer if he had a little less to do with the condition of gay literature as we now know it.1987 February 22, Lars Eighner, “Gay Writers Are Attempting Quality Work”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 31, page 4. From the entry ring true

Meaning of rung

1. noun A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
2. noun A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
3. noun A position in a hierarchy.

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Questions about rung in a sentence

How do you use rung in a sentence?

Rung is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “John has just rung in sick. He won't be back till Monday, he says.”

What is a short sentence with rung?

“I grasped the cold slimy rung.”

What does rung mean?

Rung means a crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.