frill
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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
The huge plant-eater boasted a splendid frill on its head, topped with spikes and two large horns which curved downwards like blades.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 20, 2024
Below them the streets were frill of burned-out cars squeezed together between the looming walls.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
Fliers on Frontier don’t currently have any internet access at all—a relic of the airline’s ultradiscount business model, which had traditionally focused more on offering cheap fares than in-flight frills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
That’s the smaller dinosaur that’s got the big, colorful frills on the side of its head.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
The Brigitte Bardot Foundation told French news agency AFP that the private burial will be "no frills" and "without fuss", in keeping with her spirit.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
"We'll celebrate at home, modestly, with no frills," she said.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
The shape was always in style, but she kept the frills to a minimum.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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