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

Even just a glossy pad of butter melting into something green and ribbed and tender.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

Don Cheadle later ribbed Clooney on stage when the duo presented an award, saying Chalamet “was 3 the last time you won.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 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

The classic manuals, written by starchy Englishmen and rock- ribbed Yankees, try to take all the fun out of writing, grimly adjuring the writer to avoid offbeat words, figures of speech, and playful alliteration.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker