It rang endlessly, and she cursed, using words her mother had no idea she knew.

The offices of the negotiators were under siege from critics who had the phones ringing endlessly.

A bell rang endlessly; he became aware that it was the general alarm, but he felt no interest other than a need to stop it.

Then the phone rang endlessly, twice.

Phone lines to appliance stores were busy or rang endlessly.

He sometimes banished his telephone to the refrigerator, where it rang endlessly.

The office was always shut and empty, its phone ringing endlessly.

Callers to some offices, including that of a group of accountants, reached nothing but an endlessly ringing phone.

I let it ring endlessly while I felt my way into the bath- room and brushed my teeth in the dark.

The phone rang endlessly until a breathless voice answered.