fringe
Example Sentences
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Then Golding wrote, “Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Very different cinematic sensibilities originating in entirely separate cultures that broadcasters and film distributors lumped together on the cultural fringe.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
The Baader-Meinhof gang -- named after two early leaders, Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof -- emerged out of the radical fringe of the 1960s and 70s student protest movement.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
The book’s most vibrant chapter chronicles the near-miraculous recovery of Atlantic puffins in Maine, at the southern fringe of their range.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Next to him, Mal hurriedly wiped her hands in her heavy black fringe and stood as straight as if in the presence of royalty.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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