frill

Example Sentences

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He points to where the three horns should be at the top of the frill, but the one in the middle is missing.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

Color was a frill, and perhaps an illusion.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2024

The subject doesn’t require a lot of rhetorical frill to have its effect.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2024

And its frill was unlike any described so far: Not only did it sport two large, curved horns, it also boasted two spikes in the middle, one longer than the other.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 20, 2024

"Anyhow—the point is to make the story short—we did not have money for one little frill like sneakers. Well, she drove me crazy, night and day, I want sneakers, I want sneakers."

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez