Example Sentences

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It beat the hell out of any of my phone’s ring-tone alarms.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2020

“Mr. Robot is like an iPhone with an ‘I hate Apple’ ring-tone: both are beautifully designed, powerful products that are superficially conflicted about being beautifully designed, powerful products.”

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2016

And they did it by grafting chintzy ring-tone melodies to spurts of bass that could be felt in your bone marrow.

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2015

Global revenues from ring-tone sales will top $4 billion this year, according to the consulting firm Strategy Analytics.

From Time Magazine Archive

I didn’t feel violated or victimized though; actually, I felt fantastic—it beat the hell out of any of my phone’s ring-tone alarms.

From Slate