Examples of ribbing in a Sentence
a little good-natured ribbing between friends
the ribbing on a sweater
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Trump’s playful and public ribbing of one of the world’s most prominent media moguls underscored the years-long on-again, off-again relationship between the president and publishing tycoon, one that political and media observers told The Hill this week has reached a critical new stage.
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Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 9 Feb. 2025
At a 10th anniversary screening at the 2011 New York Film Festival, Anderson and ensemble members Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray and Gwyneth Paltrow indulged in some good-natured ribbing of Hackman’s irascibility on the shoot.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
This also makes the references to certain King adaptation mainstays feel like deliberate ribbing.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
The ribbing kicked off Saturday with this tweet on X — seen 11 million times as of Sunday morning — from Joshua Bessex, a photojournalist for The Buffalo News.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
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Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 9 Feb. 2025
At a 10th anniversary screening at the 2011 New York Film Festival, Anderson and ensemble members Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray and Gwyneth Paltrow indulged in some good-natured ribbing of Hackman’s irascibility on the shoot.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
This also makes the references to certain King adaptation mainstays feel like deliberate ribbing.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
The ribbing kicked off Saturday with this tweet on X — seen 11 million times as of Sunday morning — from Joshua Bessex, a photojournalist for The Buffalo News.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ribbing
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“Ribbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ribbing. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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