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Synonyms for ringing

having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound

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Synonyms for ringing

the sound of a bell ringing

the giving of a ring as a token of engagement

having the character of a loud deep sound

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References in classic literature ?
But no, their bells were not ringing for him--their Christmas was not meant for him, they were simply not counting him at all.
--A."; and, ringing the bell, gave it to the footman.
The show being over, the flutter in the air became quite a little storm, and the precious little bells went ringing downstairs.
- how it tells Of the rapture that impels To the swinging and the ringing Of the bells, bells, bells - Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells - To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!
"Well, my boys," said the brigadier, "the brigand must really have escaped early this morning; but we will send to the Villers-Coterets and Noyon roads, and search the forest, when we shall catch him, no doubt." The honorable functionary had scarcely expressed himself thus, in that intonation which is peculiar to brigadiers of the gendarmerie, when a loud scream, accompanied by the violent ringing of a bell, resounded through the court of the hotel.
But my sleep was marred a second time by a sharp ringing of the bell - the only bell we have, put up on purpose for Linton; and the master called to me to see what was the matter, and inform them that he wouldn't have that noise repeated.
For the last half hour the telephone has been ringing continuously.
There was the whistle of a railway train somewhere in the distance, and the midnight bells were ringing. They met no one in their short walk.