rock-ribbed

Example Sentences

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Considering what awaits them in dealership service bays, I understand why consumers would want to future-proof their sanity with the rock-ribbed V8.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

I grew up in Lake View, New York, a rock-ribbed Republican suburb of Buffalo.

From Salon • May 27, 2024

Not just any river of ice, but a tidewater glacier that descended all the way from tall, snowy mountains down to the sea where it calved blue minarets into a rock-ribbed fjord.

From Scientific American • Nov. 11, 2021

Bolton comes to his newfound position as a Trump critic after a lifelong reputation as a rock-ribbed conservative, Fox News commentator and Republican serving in administrations dating back to the 1980s.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2020

They convinced themselves that Adams was the enemy, and then all the evidence fell in place around that rock-ribbed, if highly questionable, conviction.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis