riff
Example Sentences
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It seems at first too clever for the grim subject matter, riffing on wordplay around “jeans” and “genes,” like the controversial American Eagle advertisements starring Sydney Sweeney from the past year.
During a midweek livestream, Adams had riffed off the results of a poll that asked whether people agreed with the statement “It’s OK to be white.”
From Los Angeles Times
For the following “Cruise Ship Designer,” Mr. Dowse’s chiming guitar riff serves as the engine of the tune, as Ms. Shaw burrows deep into a character we haven’t really heard of in a song before.
Snoop will join NBC Olympics host Mike Tirico in Italy in February, riffing on stories that unfold at the Winter Games the way he did at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
From Los Angeles Times
The next two hours were filled with chitchat between sets: Nicole’s end-of-school-year frenzy, Rich’s musician thoughts about those sweet drum riffs and where we should all go to grab a bite after.
From Los Angeles Times
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