ruff

Example Sentences

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Though it stretched for more than two centuries, it’s an era best known for Elizabeth I and Shakespeare, stiff ruffs and courtly processions.

From The Wall Street Journal

His yips fall off and he nuzzles my ruff.

From Literature

It was quite a small cat, as cats go, with a white ruff under its neck, and orange and black stripes everywhere else.

From Literature

The comedian arrived dressed as Queen Elizabeth I, in a white cape and gown with a ruff around his neck.

From BBC

The comedian arrived dressed as Queen Elizabeth I, in a white cape and gown with a ruff around his neck.

From BBC