How to Use ruff in a Sentence

ruff

1 of 2 noun

• South ruffs in dummy and ruffs a club with the queen of trumps.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
• All dogs are good—some are just a little ruff around the edges.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 28 Aug. 2020
• All dogs are good—some are just a little ruff around the edges.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 25 Aug. 2023
• The Biden family dogs' time at the White House is off to a ruff start.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2021
• The event, perfect after a ‘ruff’ day, will take place near Barkwood Dog Park.
  — cleveland, 17 June 2022
• The animals are the largest members of the weasel family, and look like miniature bears with long tails and a fluffy ruff.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2020
• Pagel, who pulled into Mile 101 with her fur ruff frosted in ice, parked her team and settled in for a five-hour stop.
  — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2021
• Outfits ran the gamut from wooly Norwegian sweaters and camo jackets to fur ruffs and kuspuks.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2023
• John Travolta is having a ruff time trying to get any words out.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 1 Oct. 2022
• The choristers stand in their stalls wearing white surplices over red cassocks and white ruffs.
  — Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
• Steve looked at me from underneath the ruff of his parka, a lovely mist of snow blowing 20 mph across the lake, his line frozen stiff in a dime-size opening in the ice.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2021
• Like other Andean condors, Andy was a large black bird with white patches on his wings and a ruff of white feathers around his neck.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
• Corrine Danner and Diana Martin shared how to make ruffs using skin and fur.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2023
• Pierrot makes an appearance, and a ruff is worthy of Rembrandt.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2023
• But the zoo wanted only resplendent males, which can weigh nearly twice as much as females and sport a frost-gray ruff around a narrow, pumice-pink face.
  — Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022
• There’s the milliner Stephen Jones in a photo that borrows inspiration from a Dutch master portrait complete with ruff and top hat.
  — Blue Carreon, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
• With roots in ancient China, the dignified Chow Chow is best known for the mane-like ruff of fur around its head and shoulders, which is often a reddish-brown color.
  — Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 6 Sep. 2022
• Many of the pieces feel like they could be plucked out of a renaissance era, like the scrunchies that can double as ruffled crowns (or even a ruff!), or the nylon handbags that can be also worn as a fur muff.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2021
• The woman, whose identity remains unknown, dons a white neck ruff, a pink dress with orange accents and fine jewelry.
  — Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2023
• No matter who played him, Pierrot was always recognizable to the audience by his costume of white satin or silk, and his headband and pleated ruff of the same color.
  — Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
• Most vultures in cartoons and other pop culture works resemble the Andean condor, the large black vulture in South America with a ruff of white feathers around its neck.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 22 Sep. 2020
• Her pink brocade dress, frilly neck ruff, and elaborate and prominent jewelry and headdress hint at her social status.
  — Natasha Gural, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• Velvet Queen sunflowers both do it for me: their terra-cotta bronze petals remind me of my eighties childhood, and the contrast between ruff and center is less eye-watering.
  — Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2020
• Another canvas, The Astronomer (2021), shows a man wearing what appears to be a ruff, or distinctive Renaissance collar.
  — Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2021
• Voormann wears a Baroque ruff, as if impersonating a Rembrandt portrait; Kirchherr and Sutcliffe wear matching leather pants.
  — The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2022
• The other – the ostentatious ruff – also uses its disguise to avoid aggressive assaults.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2011
• One of the pleasures of Dog is how the movie slowly reveals additional layers underneath his ruff exterior, a subtle shift Cumberbatch handles with aplomb.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2021
• Everything from Indian cows to Elizabethan ruff collars feature in a single painting.
  — Rachel Wood, CNN, 18 Aug. 2021
• Louis Vuitton’s pleated ruff collar, for example, works well over a classic Salvatore Ferragamo button-up.
  — Jenny Hartman, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
• Consider those unsmiling dignitaries in seventeenth-century Dutch paintings, solemnly grouped around oak tables, dressed in sober black clothes and white ruffs, administering charity to the deserving poor.
  — Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023

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ruff

2 of 2 verb

• West won and led the queen of hearts, and South ruffed and ran his trumps.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• South ruffs in dummy and ruffs a club with the queen of trumps.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
• When East can’t ruff, South returns a trump to his hand and runs the diamonds to make the slam.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
• For the dog dad who likes to rough it (or ruff it...), this dog sized sleeping bag is the perfect gift.
  — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 30 May 2021
• South then ruffs a club high, leads a trump to dummy’s jack and discards a diamond on the ace of clubs.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
• Rose then ruffed her last heart in dummy and discarded a diamond on the good fifth club.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
• West won and led the queen of hearts, and South ruffed and ran his trumps.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• South ruffs in dummy and ruffs a club with the queen of trumps.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
• When East can’t ruff, South returns a trump to his hand and runs the diamonds to make the slam.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
• For the dog dad who likes to rough it (or ruff it...), this dog sized sleeping bag is the perfect gift.
  — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 30 May 2021
• South then ruffs a club high, leads a trump to dummy’s jack and discards a diamond on the ace of clubs.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
• Rose then ruffed her last heart in dummy and discarded a diamond on the good fifth club.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
• West won and led the queen of hearts, and South ruffed and ran his trumps.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• South ruffs in dummy and ruffs a club with the queen of trumps.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
• When East can’t ruff, South returns a trump to his hand and runs the diamonds to make the slam.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
• For the dog dad who likes to rough it (or ruff it...), this dog sized sleeping bag is the perfect gift.
  — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 30 May 2021
• South then ruffs a club high, leads a trump to dummy’s jack and discards a diamond on the ace of clubs.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
• Rose then ruffed her last heart in dummy and discarded a diamond on the good fifth club.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
• West won and led the queen of hearts, and South ruffed and ran his trumps.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• South ruffs in dummy and ruffs a club with the queen of trumps.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
• When East can’t ruff, South returns a trump to his hand and runs the diamonds to make the slam.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
• For the dog dad who likes to rough it (or ruff it...), this dog sized sleeping bag is the perfect gift.
  — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 30 May 2021
• South then ruffs a club high, leads a trump to dummy’s jack and discards a diamond on the ace of clubs.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
• Rose then ruffed her last heart in dummy and discarded a diamond on the good fifth club.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024