ribbed

Example Sentences

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“In the Bozeman area, are you going to get ribbed and teased for being from L.A.? Yes. But do I think people really care after you get that ribbing? No,” he says.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

She moves quickly from caves to cathedrals and their architecture, including King’s College Chapel, in Cambridge, with its soaring 16th-century ceiling—the world’s largest fan vault, ribbed in interlocking patterns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

His uncles ribbed him — “They’d tell me, ‘Now you know what el Norte is, so you know how to win money.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

Romaine opens with a crisp, faint sweetness and a clean green bite, anchored by the sturdy heft of its ribbed leaves.

From Salon • May 26, 2025

They didn’t look rumpled, the black ribbed socks, but he thought they would look even better straightened.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie