frill

Example Sentences

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It promised that the scorched frill at the bottom of a skillet was not failure, but the start of a sauce.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025

He points to where the three horns should be at the top of the frill, but the one in the middle is missing.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

The subject doesn’t require a lot of rhetorical frill to have its effect.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2024

The ceratopsids vary mostly in their frill patterns and not so much in feeding adaptations, he says: “Their jaws and teeth are more or less built the same way.”

From Science Magazine • Jun. 20, 2024

I rub it, looking down to a frill of seaweed, bits of rope, and a broken lobster trap caught between the huge rocks at the water’s edge.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord