They looked like two grown men caught playing ring-around-the-rosy. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Echo]
The village children played ring-around-the-rosy and danced with the lord's child. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
Nearby, Sergeant Dickson played ring-around-the-rosy with some Tigers, as he later recalled. From Wordnik.com. [Steel Victory]
"Which is more than I can say I'm doing," Phil grumbled; "this ring-around-the-rosy business is played out, and I've just got to find some way to stop it.". From Wordnik.com. [Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys The Birch Bark Lodge] Reference
Crushing Styrofoam burger cartons, condom packs, hypodermic syringes, and graffiti-spewing spray cans underfoot, they almost dance as they walk, an unconscious rite of spring in their steps, a forgotten memory of sod and seed and lamb and ring-around-the-rosy. From Wordnik.com. [Skinny Legs and All]
But he has a convincing lyricism and an especially supple back, and Morris uses his different look by putting him in the middle of a six-man ring-around-the-rosy circle, where he suffers (from what?), survives, is mentored by the Bowie figure, and is absorbed back into the group. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Morris Does Mozart: A Dose of Sheer Pleasure] Reference
(Soundbite of song "Never Die Young") Ms. LUCIANA SOUZA (Singer): (Singing) We were ring-around-the-rosy children. From Wordnik.com. [Souza's 'New Bossa Nova' Covers Pop Standards] Reference
His nieces played ring-around-the-rosy on the marble floors, and a television showing the impeachment trial could be seen through Quinn's glass office doors. From Wordnik.com. [News from www.pantagraph.com] Reference
They’ll look like they’re playing a spooky game of “ring-around-the-rosy”!. From Wordnik.com. [Halloween Pvc | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
On the other hand, if this was the real bishop, why should he have played ring-around-the-rosy and ducked out of the picture? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Case of the Stuttering Bishop]
After clearing up some confusion as to the real name of my photographer and a ring-around-the-rosy with the good people at the “Help Desk,” we finally had our golden tickets to the main hub of music in the 21st century or so I’ve been told. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzine » SXSW 2009] Reference
Cummings told Kashkari his constituents "feel like it's ring-around-the-rosy. From Wordnik.com. [t r u t h o u t] Reference
"You know, we can go ring-around-the-rosy here," Issa said to Kashkari, "but you're here today because Congress is feeling that you played a bait-and-switch game. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking News: CBS News] Reference
But they feel like it's ring-around-the-rosy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2008] Reference
He can play ring-around-the-rosy with a spaceship. From Wordnik.com. [Glory Lane]
They run races and play 'stump-the-leader' and 'hi-spy' and 'ring-around-the-rosy.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Woman] Reference
"Dropped in for a real rough game of pussy-wants-a-corner," says I, "or shall we make it ring-around-the-rosy?". From Wordnik.com. [Shorty McCabe] Reference
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