frilling

Definition of frillingnext
present participle of frill

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for frilling
Verb
  • As the sun has grown subtly brighter over this span, if this supercontinent struggled with high carbon dioxide levels like its Pangaean forebear did, then this would be an inimically hot world to animals, except for lone refuges fringing its polar far reaches.
    Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The islands that became the Outer Banks fringing the North Carolina coast first appeared 15,000 years ago, when sea levels dropped and the nation’s shoreline migrated inward from the continental shelf, Young said.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Has Alec been embroidering the truth?
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Hawley and a team of craftspeople worked across the globe embroidering, aging and tinting the costumes for the film.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Someone’s braiding a piece of Shannon’s hair when a barrette falls out and onto the floor beneath the table.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And as founders of Freedom Braiders, my daughter and I lead programs that teach the art of hair braiding and offer cognitive behavior classes in jails.
    Joanna Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Such rotting fruit from the forest floor contained higher concentrations of fermenting yeast and alcohol than the fruits hanging from trees.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Even as students work longer hours to avoid borrowing, loans accumulate like a cloud hanging overhead.
    Liam McCusker, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Running Shoes From lacing up to lapping the track, these running shoes feel good on your feet.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
  • His running went downhill fast, lacing up for what would be the last run of his life on Labor Day in 2023.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 2 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Continue roasting, figuring about 15 minutes per pound.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 19 Dec. 2025
  • As soon as he's been figuring everything out, he's been texting the QB room.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • In one incident, video obtained by FOX News shows two masked men holding handguns chasing a screaming resident around his house.
    Landon Mion , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Fátima Bosch grew up in Santiago de Teapa, Tabasco, and has been chasing her pageant dreams for years.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Frilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frilling. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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