Examples of ribbing in a Sentence
a little good-natured ribbing between friends
the ribbing on a sweater
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The ribbing kicked off Saturday with this tweet on X — seen 11 million times as of Sunday morning — from Joshua Bessex, a photojournalist for The Buffalo News.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
The material is 70 percent cotton with cozy ribbing and a bit of stretch.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
The hat has a timeless knitted look on the outside, with ribbing, a fold-over cuff, and a pom pom on top.
—Clint Davis, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025
Silver Stands feels like stepping into the kitchen of a relative who's comfortable enough with you to give you a bit of a ribbing.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 14 Nov. 2024
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
The material is 70 percent cotton with cozy ribbing and a bit of stretch.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
The hat has a timeless knitted look on the outside, with ribbing, a fold-over cuff, and a pom pom on top.
—Clint Davis, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025
Silver Stands feels like stepping into the kitchen of a relative who's comfortable enough with you to give you a bit of a ribbing.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 14 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for ribbing
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“Ribbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ribbing. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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