jibing

Example Sentences

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On record, “Anything For Love” gets a knowing wink with in-studio jibing between Lipa and her producers; here she played it straight as a lofty piano ballad for the back seats on a floating riser.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2025

That part feels the same while jibing with our time of quiet quitting, the gig economy's takeover and late-stage pandemic trepidation.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2023

It came too close to the top mark after the first leg and at the bottom mark, the New Zealand boat Te Rehutai reared up on its foils, then crashed back after a jibing error.

From Washington Times • Dec. 18, 2020

It was a very strange and uncomfortable case of what was actually on screen not jibing with what we were “supposed” to see.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2014

Clouds and rain came up on the wind, which veered and gusted so wildly that there was considerable danger of the ship jibing.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin