frill
Example Sentences
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Measuring about five metres long and weighing two tonnes, the four-legged beasts had large heads, adorned with a distinctive bony frill and three horns.
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
I never saw a frill or ribbon on her and I figured she had never been pretty.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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