Ring Shaped

Mr. Carter believes that atoms are constructed of "circlons"—"hollow, ring-shaped mechanical particles that are held together within the nucleus by their physical shapes." ❋ Michael Shermer (2011)

I figured that I would still try to bake them off, and even if they didn't rise I could have ring-shaped grissini. ❋ Sarah (2009)

However, as I filmed DOUGH's over-sized, ring-shaped cakes getting dunked and dressed, something happened... ❋ Liza De Guia (2011)

On ceremonial days, the ring-shaped "patio" was crowded with people chatting and jostling one another or perhaps linked arm in arm, performing the cadena, or chain dance while listening to groups of musicians. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In one type of fusion reactor design, these gases are fed into a ring-shaped vacuum chamber and heated to the point at which they become a plasma — a form of super-hot gas that is affected by magnetism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whether you serve your wine in an IKEA glass costing $2.99, or in hand-cut Baccarat crystal costing 50 times as much, sooner or later you'll have one concern—the ring-shaped stains that wineglasses tend to leave behind. ❋ J. S. Marcus (2011)

Jimmy had taken the old fan down from the living room ceiling in order to install this awesome new fan, and set the parts - including the very heavy, hard metal center ring-shaped part that I don't know what it's called - on the floor. ❋ Karenhealey (2010)

Again, I simplified the step of producing a ring-shaped cake by using a bundt pan. ❋ Unknown (2009)

JSOC/SOF also maintained a 'less-than-lethal' program of using against their targets pepper spray projectiles, ring-shaped rubber bullets, electro-static devices to immobilize vehicles, electro-magnetic devices to disable automobile electronics, light scattering particles to confuse crowds, and electro-shocking devices to immobilize crowds. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In 2008 a nearly identical case (Videtto v. Kellogg USA) was filed in a different court by another plaintiff, but that case too was dismissed on the grounds that a reasonable consumer would not be confused by the allegedly frooty loops because the ring-shaped cereal "does not resemble any known fruit." ❋ Unknown (2010)

A CT and MRI scan revealed 13 horrifying ring-shaped bleeding abscesses the size of ping-pong balls in the man's brain. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The chemist Friedrich Kekul discovered the ring-shaped structure of benzene after dreaming of a serpent devouring its tale, for example. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr. Abbott said the LME doesn't expect an immediate success with base metals on Monday's launch, from when cobalt and molybdenum will be traded using the traditional open-outcry system on the ring-shaped floor in London, as well as via the telephone and electronic trading methods that also are offered at other major trading venues. ❋ Andrea Hotter (2010)