How to Use ringside in a Sentence

ringside

1 of 2 noun
Definition of ringsidenext
  • We were seated at ringside.
  • The ref and the judges and Watts, the ringside announcer, did not.
    — Joseph Goodman, al, 10 July 2022
  • The ringside seats are a fond memory of meals in the States, says the chef.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • No one seems to notice the man at ringside with tears in his eyes.
    — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The cost to attend is $5 for adults, $3 for children and $10 for ringside seats.
    — Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2021
  • All three judges ringside scored the fight 50-44 for Miocic.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 20 Jan. 2018
  • All ringside packages sold out within a week of the event’s on-sale date.
    — Joey Hayden, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • My father kept telling me to throw more punches from the ringside.
    — Robert Morales, Orange County Register, 22 Jan. 2013
  • The highlight of the night, though, was Rhodes sending Shaq through a ringside table.
    — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Before the start of the fifth round, the ringside doctor examined Spence in the corner.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 July 2023
  • The shake-shake-shake of drinks is music to the ears of ringside participants.
    — Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021
  • For 55 of those years, Bynum has served as a familiar face ringside.
    — William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • An usher gave us seat cushions, and we were told to sit on the steps beside the first two rows at ringside.
    — New York Times, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Spring for an overpriced spritz and look out on a view for the ages, or book well in advance for a ringside seat to the city’s famous Palio.
    — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2023
  • But with The Usos being barred from ringside, all that means is there’s nobody there to pull Solo off Dolph.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Earlier in the night Sasha refused to come down to ringside with Bayley.
    — Aaron Oster, baltimoresun.com, 7 May 2018
  • Priest carried Bunny back to ringside and put him against a ringpost.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2023
  • There will be a pre-show meet-n-greet around ringside included in the price of admission.
    — Jim Varsallone, miamiherald, 25 May 2017
  • That day, as usual, customers paid a cover charge to get in, a bit extra to sit at ringside seats.
    — David Ovalle, miamiherald, 12 June 2018
  • At ringside, Dunphy, who had broadcast more than 2,000 fights, didn’t do the signoff.
    — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Mae Ying opted to watch this match from ringside rather than remaining in her throne.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
  • There also will be no ringside judges and no winner will be declared.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Kid Rock appeared ringside, but sadly, there was no sign of Trash Tammy.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Orton had Mahal pinned, but Mahal’s foot was placed on the bottom rope by the Singh Brothers at ringside.
    — Josh Barnett, USA TODAY, 18 June 2017
  • Sitting ringside in that purple- and yellow-colored basement room is where the Free Press found her on July 21.
    — Brandon Folsom, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2017
  • To enjoy the action is to share in the guilt of the bloodthirsty fans sitting ringside at the live-broadcast death matches between prison inmates.
    — Giri Nathan, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • While Stewart appeared to want to continue the fight, the ringside physician did not approve of that course of action.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Aliev claimed he hadn't even been warned, although others at ringside disagreed.
    — Greg Beacham, ajc, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The ringside physician did not allow Stewart to continue, and the bout became a no-decision at 4:37 of the first round.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 13 June 2021
  • If there was ever a time to experience such a ringside spectacle at its most potent, this is it.
    — Chaz Kangas, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
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ringside

2 of 2 adjective
  • In that fight in Sept. 2017, most ringside observers felt Golovkin won but the judges ruled a split draw.
    — Jim Chairusmi, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2018
  • Before the fight started, the ringside bell rang 49 times.
    — Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 June 2017
  • The best seats are ringside at the chef’s counter — close enough to feel the heat and to watch chickens and sausages slowly smoke behind the flames.
    — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Wilder fought cautiously for the first six rounds, finding himself in the hole on the cards of the three ringside judges.
    — Tim Dahlberg, The Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2019
  • This thing goes everywhere, from ringside to the ramp to the concession stand.
    — cleveland, 3 Apr. 2020
  • And someone else as well: little Ivanka Trump, 6 years old, with a bow in her hair and a ringside seat.
    — Caitlin Flanagan, The Cut, 14 May 2017
  • The truth was his father had a ringside seat to some aspects of the space race that not everyone had access to.
    — Denise Coffey, courant.com, 15 July 2019
  • Many ringside observers thought Barrios lost the fight.
    — John Whisler, ExpressNews.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Rahaman Ali had a ringside seat for nearly all of his brother’s life.
    — Tim Sullivan, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2020
  • T&C was ringside to capture the wagging tails, the floppy ears, and the sheer love of all things canine that makes Westminster the biggest stage in all of dogdom.
    — Town & Country, 28 Feb. 2014
  • Bliss did get in some offense, but most of the match involved Nia Jax getting her revenge by brutally tossing Bliss around the ring and ringside area.
    — Aaron Oster, baltimoresun.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Visitors will not only be able to sample and purchase bottles of TX Whiskey, but also get a ringside seat to how it is made.
    — star-telegram, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Cruz, who also sometimes works as a ringside color analyst, said that shift is part of the maturity of the sport.
    — Jay Reddick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • People gathered along the Washington side of the river for a ringside seat to an enthralling and humbling display of nature’s forces.
    — Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 9 Sep. 2017
  • The next night, a spotlight shone on Vélez’s empty ringside seat at the Hollywood Legion Stadium.
    — Hadley Meares, Los Angeles Magazine, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Fortuna fell out of the ring when he was entangled with Granados during Round 4 and possibly hit the back of his head on a ringside camera box.
    — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 16 June 2018
  • For one ringside look in 2012, Mr. Mayweather Jr. wanted a vest and shorts that evoked a motorcycle jacket.
    — Alex Frank, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Not only had Nature solved our prickly problem, but thanks to sitting on our hands, we’d been given a ringside seat at one of its great spectacles.
    — Isabella Tree, Time, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Artists-writers versus streaming giants, while many of us sit ringside, feet up with our Beats on, chewing popcorn and listening to tunes for free.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2018
  • It's covered from wall to wall with boxing posters, newspaper clippings, boxing gloves and even a Madison Square Garden ringside bell.
    — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 7 May 2020
  • But Wilder made it to the bell, and was afforded an extra 10 seconds or so of rest when the ringside physician summoned him to a neutral corner for an examination as the bell rang for Round 8.
    — Wallace Matthews, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2018
  • After one, Rolls’ promoter, Lou DiBella, leaped out of his ringside seat, perhaps believing history could be made in the same month twice.
    — Chris Mannix, SI.com, 10 June 2019
  • Ward remained down for several minutes while being attended to by the ringside doctors.
    — Damian Calhoun, Orange County Register, 21 Jan. 2017
  • Kotak has enjoyed a ringside seat while watching India’s distressed market swell.
    — Anita Raghavan, New York Times, 29 May 2017
  • Wray, an aerospace engineering and science student from Lawrenceburg, Tenn., was boxing in the ninth bout of the night and appeared to be winning the fight according to a boxing official that was ringside.
    — Mike Griffith, ajc, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Most notably, Amann has oversight of other ringside physicians and related healthcare providers.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 5 June 2018
  • Shields plans on going down to 160 pounds in the near future, possibly next, to fight undefeated middleweight champion Christina Hammer of Germany, who was ringside for the fight.
    — Bob Velin, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2018
  • Admission is free, but people who pay $10 can get premium ringside seating.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Dowler had a ringside seat as his aged understudy tallied seven catches for 138 yards and two acrobatic touchdowns.
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2017
  • Really, though, boxing is a more apt sports metaphor than a horse race, since journalists tend to count every action or sentence from a politician as a jab, cross, or knockdown blow with the relish of a ringside announcer.
    — Sarah Jaffe, New Republic, 13 Oct. 2017

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