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ringing tone

noun

  1. a sequence of pairs of tones heard by the dialler on a telephone when the number dialled is ringing Compare engaged tone dialling tone
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

“Move not,” he returned quickly, his decisive ringing tone arresting as by magic the signal which the chief was about to make.

She had to laugh and he laughed, too, with the ringing tone of youth that made him seem younger than his years.

The reply came in a ringing tone: "You must promise to love your children better than you love yourself."

Then with a clear, ringing tone, he spoke in a voice that was almost a cry.

Something like pride crept into the boy's voice while he spoke, and he ended with a ringing tone.

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