Not a huge nerd, but the name rung a bell so I googled it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tim Robbins Cast in Green Lantern | /Film] Reference

The bottom rung is for players aspiring to make the Pro Bowl.    From Wordnik.com.  [OT rankings: Modern linemen trail Munoz's lead closely] Reference

The first rung is at 100 million net wealth or somewhere thereof.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Tony Snow On The Issues] Reference

I heard the générale beaten and the tocsin rung; I was very uneasy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ruin of a Princess] Reference

She was a seaman apprentice, one rung from the lowest pay grade in the US Navy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Straits of Oh MAN! Navy memories] Reference

May 31st we heard the générale beaten and the tocsin rung, but no one would tell us the cause of the uproar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ruin of a Princess] Reference

For the Cougars, that lofty title rung couldn't look further out of reach than the last two noggin-knockers with the Frogs.    From Wordnik.com.  [deseretnews.com - Top Stories] Reference

That the Edith whose name rung so continuously in our ears was no other than the Miss.    From Wordnik.com.  [Initials Only] Reference

An answering call rung forth upon their left, and hard upon it two others from behind them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The White Company]

That rung from a Methodist Chapel.    From Wordnik.com.  ["The Devil's Drive"] Reference

In fact, even the word "rung" sounds dirty in this context.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fleshbot] Reference

China, Japan, and Burma seem only to be struck with a hammer and never properly "rung".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference

"Well, the consequence was, that Sir Marmaduke's name rung from one end of India to the other.    From Wordnik.com.  [Willis the Pilot] Reference

If they select existing Lines, it draws the 'rung' Lines on the Layer of the first-selected Line; otherwise, it uses the current Layer.    From Wordnik.com.  [All Discussion Groups: Message List - root] Reference

Rakshasas, cannot reach the rung which is his who has attained to the highest end. '".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference

"Once only, John, did you bring your stout ash 'rung' into close proximity to the squirming body that now sits by your fireside.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895] Reference

Corporate climbers no longer are reaching for the top rung.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mighty Fall] Reference

On this bottom rung there are still distinctions to be made.    From Wordnik.com.  [Feed the Right Wolf] Reference

So did the cost, in money as well as purity, of having rung in the pros.    From Wordnik.com.  [Superhero] Reference

That could have rung a warning bell — or signaled a potential career opportunity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hollywood’s Most Beloved Fugitive] Reference

"All the VPs and directors were interested in getting to the next rung on the ladder.".    From Wordnik.com.  [THE PILL PUSHER] Reference

So we pretended that John had just rung us up and said, 'I'm going on holiday in Spain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Come Together] Reference

The Lakers have descended from contender to a bottom-rung, first-round-exit playoff team.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: An All Too Kobe Christmas] Reference

"We're the last rung on the ladder," says veteran Terry Tata, who stands to lose his job.    From Wordnik.com.  [They're Outta Here!] Reference

By 1992 Henson was an executive vice president at Warners and had climbed every rung she could.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daughter Also Rises] Reference

He began his coaching career at a San Jose junior high school and worked his way up rung by rung.    From Wordnik.com.  [California Dreamer] Reference

He seems perfectly happy with his rung on the ladder, but no one in show business minds a little extra attention.    From Wordnik.com.  [Late Bloomer] Reference

But the lowest rung of the inferno, Cohn thinks, should be reserved for those who have "mutilated glorious Western culture.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Showing Its Age] Reference

"Maybe I'm a little goofy -- that might be because I got my bell rung so often -- but I grew to love the position," Baumhower said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can Redskins' Albert Haynesworth learn to love the nose tackle position?] Reference

But, referring to the traditional dawn alarm rung at Zen temples across Japan, he added: "It took Mr. Ghosn to come and hit the gong!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Can This Company Be Saved?] Reference

We picked three: universities A and B, which feature regularly in assorted lists of the country's top 10, and University C, one rung below.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back In College] Reference