larruping

dialect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for larruping
Adjective
  • Some aren’t convinced that attempting to climb the ranks on set will pay off at a time when competition is so cutthroat and the future of the business is so wobbly.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The finances also are wobbly here as all the money left behind by the Dowager Countess has been squandered.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Bator cites both external factors (such as geopolitical conflicts or the unsteady global economy) and internal ones (such as burnout and uncertainty).
    Mark C. Perna, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • On the game’s fourth play, the Michigan transfer got up after a 3-yard rush on a keeper and wobbled off the field on unsteady legs.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The contrast with Durant’s lumpish Johnny makes no sense.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
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“Larruping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larruping. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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