1485–95; imitative; see tang 2
< Danish, Norwegian, Swedish; cognate with Icelandic thing thing 2
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“I don’t know if the schedule is a good ting or a bad thing,’’ he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
Pop idols attending government functions and interviewed by the state news media have also sometimes dressed in ting ju feng.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
I watched transfixed as the electrical alchemy of heat turned dullness into golden, the gentle tick of minutes sounding the bright ting of the alarm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2022
Mum I know my ting, I ain’t having a joke.
From Fox News ● Feb. 6, 2019
“I said to him why is he angry to me? I don’t know any ting about this land, except that I don’t want to sell it to nobody.”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Recent figures suggest economic growth could exceed expectations, supported by strong exports, early shipments ahead of potential trade disruptions, higher mining output and resilient domestic demand, UOB economists Julia Goh and Loke Siew Ting said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Ting Bai is a former Ph.D. student at UC Davis.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
Lena Ting of Emory University and her team set out to understand how aging and Parkinson's disease affect the way the brain and muscles respond when a person tries to regain balance.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2026
Cathay Home's lawyer, Ting Geng from Geng and Associates said in a statement that the trademark application was dropped after evaluating the circumstances.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
Ting bu jian means, one listens but fails to hear.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
Terrible tings goen happen if Jar Jar remains nothing more than the most annoying and unnecessary CGI character ever to please George Lucas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
Some tings to watch for when Alabama faces Miami before an expected full house at 73,000-seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium:
From Fox News ● Sep. 2, 2021
"It was one of the scariest tings I've been through," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2021
These basic tings make all the difference in the world.”
From Forbes ● Oct. 8, 2014
A stray rock kicks out from Dr. Martin’s tire and tings Frank’s gleaming white beast of a truck.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
“Toy Story 5” doesn’t overdo its lachrymose side; it’s at least half a breezy comedy, albeit one tinged with worry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Shelley’s story is so moving precisely because it’s tinged with firsthand knowledge of the despair that comes with being misunderstood and othered at no fault of one’s own.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
The biggest event in American sports kicks off Sunday as the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks at a Super Bowl tinged by controversy over Bad Bunny's half-time show.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Now living in London with her supportive partner Celia, Meg admits her relationship with her home city has changed, and all her wonderful memories are tinged by the sadness of the losses.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
Our connection is still so natural, though now, for me, it’s tinged with guilt because of Dad.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
Then the graphic qualifies even that, adding "barely" before "coping," tinging the word a furious flush of pink that seethes into red.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2020
It was long believed that Sativa’s ailing pipelines were responsible for delivering manganese into the water supply and tinging the water brown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2019
Even the zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead views its sad, shuffling working-class protagonists from a jaded distance, tinging its humor and affection with mockery and blood.
From The Verge ● Mar. 22, 2018
Wherever the “Peter Pan” fantasy turns up, though, her artwork blooms into color, suffusing Wendy’s dreams of Neverland and tinging the elements of the real world that she’s charged with her hopeful imaginings.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2017
All those scraggy- looking Santa Clauses were standing on corners ringing those bells, and the Salvation Army girls, the ones that don't wear any lipstick or anything, were tinging bells too.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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