ripply

Example Sentences

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The copperplate lines are so exact they mimic the individual venation of feathers; the neck of a gyrfalcon takes on all the ripply realism of moiréd silk.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2023

Zevin, 45, with her penetrating gaze and her shock of ripply black hair, doesn’t look tired but oh, she is.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2023

In the Obama childhood snapshots I’ve seen, the waves look just right, Kailua-ish, frothier than at any of the ripply Honolulu beaches his mother and Gramps could have taken him to.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2011

Though the long-married, long-separated ancients displayed some vigorous dancing form�"Miss Ruth" can still kick up a ripply Oriental routine�they were liveliest when kicking TV.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has heard Laura in the living room speaking with two men, one of them with a ripply, tricky voice, the other with a coarser voice, a thicker laugh, a big man, no doubt.

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