1.   There is a trumpet-like incisiveness in the middle and upper registers and a positively ringing sound at the top.

2.   Do you hear that ringing sound?

3.   Not all birds associate a ringing sound with an incoming cat, but it might give just enough warning.

4.   Oftentimes it starts with a ringing sound in the ear.

5.   That ringing sound you hear is not the sound of success.

6.   The plunging left hand, parallel fourths, that pedal-depressed ringing sound, all are much-copied colors in the Tyner palette.

7.   His mother, Wu Yongfen, said that sometimes the telephone in the house does not actually ring even though callers dialing in can hear a ringing sound.

8.   I picked up the phone, but the ringing sound persisted.

9.   The machine makes a ringing sound to announce a jackpot, but the winner then has to collect a check.