fribbles 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of fribble

fribbles

2 of 2

noun

plural of fribble

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fribbles
Noun
  • While kids will love the deluxe king bunk room, there are a variety of spacious accommodations for families.
    Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
  • Society Hotel The boutique Society Hotel is set in an old schoolhouse and has the complete traveler accommodation toolkit: bunk rooms, private rooms, and cutesy cabins.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • All of this exploring and staying open and slow-burn nonsense left us with half the villa coupled up but stagnant — unwilling to stray but unwilling to grow — and the other half hopelessly single.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 25 June 2025
  • Despite the great Roger Ebert’s own glowing review, many of his contemporaries couldn’t all see of its greatness, with many dismissing it as nonsense or mere shock entertainment.
    Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • This is Spielberg at his most pure and sensational, an undiluted cinematic experience that lacks any of his sentimental claptrap and steers clear of his tendency for multiple endings.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
  • Third, despite Trump’s claptrap, plenty of fresh delta water is being pumped south to fill fire hydrants and the tanks of firefighting aircraft.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But the rot was there all along — buried beneath years of brand-building, PR campaigns, industry awards and glossy features.
    Rob Shuter, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
  • OpenAI has exposed the rot at the core of the liberal-arts-degree factory; now, professors turn to AI tools to grade papers written by ChatGPT.
    Jayson Greene, Time, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • In 1973, Italian-Argentinian fashion designer Giorgio di Sant’Angelo (1933-1989), commonly known as Giorgio Sant Angelo, a favorite of actress Lena Horne and singer Cher reimagined the straw hat as a summer statement piece.
    Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 20 June 2025
  • In one photo posted to Schreiber's Instagram, Watts could be seen wearing a multicolor maxi dress and straw hat, posing next to Sasha and her husband, Billy Crudup.
    Kayla Grant, People.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Oremus and Papp looked at other common plastic trash—straws, water bottles and bottle caps—and found that, for these items, nothing changed.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 June 2025
  • Ryan and Kayla sued the trash company and the truck driver; the company in turn counter-sued.
    Adam Carlson, People.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Supposedly inspired by an improv exercise, the scene manages to say more about man’s relationship to power than any of the drivel that spills out of Cesar Catalina’s Emersonian mind.
    Vulture Staff, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
  • With pay cable and streaming gaining a bigger and bigger foothold, Duffy kept looking for shows that deserved a wider audience while steering readers away from formulaic drivel.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Fribbles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fribbles. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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