How to Use ram in a Sentence

ram

1 of 2 noun
  • There’s a lot to consider in the world of the ram’s head squid.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The ranger pulled a ram skull from the back of a Jeep and put it on the ground in front of the wide-eyed troop.
    John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2021
  • In some parts of West Africa, the price for a ram has doubled.
    Aya Batrawy, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020
  • My wind call was off, and the bullet passed just in front of the big ram’s nose.
    Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 26 Jan. 2021
  • By the blow of a ram’s horn in a beam of biblical light.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2021
  • That shell is part of what makes the ram’s horn squid special.
    Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The blind rams are the two heavy steel blocks that meet in the middle of the wellbore to seal off the well.
    Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Four rams, 10 ewes, and four lambs watched me, less than 30 feet away.
    Jim Kristofic, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The ram was used to breach the front entrance and the vehicle then returned to the back.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2023
  • Something happened and the ram was gone for 20-25 years.
    Lori Riley, courant.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Look at the options: a ram, a lion, a centaur on the hunt.
    Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 26 Mar. 2021
  • At the same time, firefighters used a hydraulic ram to force the top of the seat back.
    Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2018
  • Six-tenths of a second later the ram was lying in the red dirt of Africa.
    Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Deputies said lambs, goats and a ram were among the 10 animals found dead.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Why was the ram called a rude host at his dinner party?
    Manal Aman, Woman's Day, 9 June 2022
  • The couple posed in front of a sculpture of a ram by artist David Williams-Ellis.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 27 June 2022
  • On the 20th March — the same day as the Spring Equinox — the Sun will officially enter into the sign of the ram.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2022
  • At the end of the services, a shofar or ram's horn is blown to signal the end of Yom Kippur.
    Ashley May, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2017
  • On March 20 — the same day as the Spring Equinox — the Sun will officially enter into the sign of the ram.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Skip straight to your sign: Aries, a fiery and ambitious ram is the first sign of the zodiac.
    Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The ram is expected to be put out to stud so as to breed with female sheep (dams).
    Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Rams receiver Pharoh Cooper spun the ball like a top on the end zone turf.
    Gary Klein, latimes.com, 19 June 2017
  • The icing on the cake is the console's SSD, which will be used as virtual ram.
    Brittany Vincent, Popular Mechanics, 11 June 2019
  • The Rams offense works well with Michel's battering-ram style of play.
    Tony Holm, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Local hunting guides fanned the lights of their cellphones across the ground to search for where the ram-like creature fell.
    Marisa Iati, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Dec. 2019
  • That next morning, my first task was to go feed the rams, which were separated from the rest of the herd.
    Gabriel Thompson, Longreads, 17 May 2017
  • How do the Eagles match up with the rams after all the moves made this offseason?
    Zach Berman, Philly.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Agents used a battering ram to break down the front door of the apartment, and hauled away Mr. Elshinawy.
    Mark Maremont, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2017
  • Those of you rams already hooked up could find May is the month which produces an entirely unexpected turn in your love story.
    Debbie Frank, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
  • But the arrangement hits a snag when Robert follows instructions and rams a car with R.M.F. at the wheel but neither kills that other driver nor is hospitalized himself, as was outlined in the plan.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
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ram

2 of 2 verb
  • The car slid and rammed against the wall.
  • He opened the chute and rammed the clothes down.
  • She rammed her fist against the wall in anger.
  • She rammed the cork into the barrel.
  • They deliberately rammed my car from behind.
  • He deliberately rammed his car into mine.
  • The deputies in the car that was rammed were not injured.
    The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The pickup was used to ram through the overhead bay door.
    Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022
  • One of the partygoers in The First Purge has a mask with a long nose and ram horns.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 11 May 2022
  • This man walked in, grabbed me by the back of my neck, turned me around, and rammed his nasty-ass tongue down my throat.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • That kind of shows you that nobody’s going to ram gates.
    Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2024
  • Carroll rammed his left knee into the fence in the sixth inning and was removed from the game.
    Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Over the coming months, students rammed her desk with their chairs.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024
  • Rosh Hashanah begins with the blowing of a shofar, or ram’s horn.
    al, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Caught between predator and prey, Potter gets rammed twice by the shark.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Their efforts failed, and the Hickox rammed into the side of the Milwaukee.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Members of a pod had been ramming and shaking boats in the area for more than three years, and had now sunk four.
    Sallie Tisdale, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Sometimes, the driver from behind will ram into the car making the turn.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Police had to ram the apartment’s front door to open it, Contee said.
    NBC News, 26 Apr. 2022
  • During the Hilton laundry-room shootout at the end of the movie, the story called for Pantoliano to get rammed in the head by a giant steel beam.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2023
  • The next day, a 54-year-old Palestinian man attempted to use his car to ram through a group of soldiers.
    Claire Parker, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
  • As the orcas rammed the fragile inflatable, Lang zoned out again, but this time with a feeling of awe.
    Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
  • In four cases, suspects used a car or truck to ram into the store, getting inside three of them.
    Dan Morse, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
  • At the bridge, a large piece of broken concrete and debris from the railroad hung over the side and on top of the barge that rammed into the passageway.
    Juan Lozano, Fortune, 16 May 2024
  • But top Democrats are not ruling out using the method to ram the legislation through.
    Emily Brooks, Washington Examiner, 11 Apr. 2021
  • The shark can be seen lunging at the boat's stern, ramming into the outboard motors and thrashing about the water.
    Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 29 July 2023
  • At some point – and with the fire still raging – an armored vehicle was seen ramming the house on the WPVI footage.
    John Miller, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Wildcat nickel Alex Afari rammed into Koziol and popped the ball loose.
    The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The shop’s footage showed police chasing the sedan through the intersection and ramming it from the front and back, the employees said.
    oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2023
  • In March, five Chinese engineers in the northwest of the country were killed when a suicide bomber, who Pakistan alleged was an Afghan national, rammed a vehicle into their convoy.
    Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 5 July 2024

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