frill
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“The attitude was that this is a frill, just like art and music. Not essential.”
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
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 huge plant-eater boasted a splendid frill on its head, topped with spikes and two large horns which curved downwards like blades.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 20, 2024
On leaving home I was able to fabricate a new and far more satisfying history, frill of striking, simplistic environmental influences; a colorful past, easily accessible to strangers.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
I don’t know about you, but if I’m spending thousands of dollars for a plane ticket I expect all the frills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
You can’t see those frills and not think, ‘I want to be her.’
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
"We'll celebrate at home, modestly, with no frills," she said.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
Designers featured frills, fabric layers and ruching in a variety of colours and styles, meaning you could easily re-fashion your own items to reflect the mismatched clothes on display here.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
Instead of sleeves, the white eyelet blouse had frills at the shoulder, floppy as the wings of a new angel.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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