Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looby
Noun
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One of the synthetic pyrethroids could also help control the young lubber grasshoppers.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025 -
Unlike other grasshopper species which are winged and agile, the lubber can't fly.—
Adriana Brasileiro,
orlandosentinel.com,
19 July 2019
Noun
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Over nearly two centuries, the herbivore has been imagined as a spike-nosed lummox, inappropriate kangaroo and now, at last, a stiff-tailed, mostly quadrupedal animal.—
Gemma Tarlach,
Discover Magazine,
20 Apr. 2017
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Fraser was everywhere in the 1990s and early 2000s: a sweetly handsome, blue-eyed lummox whose starring roles established him as a perpetual naif.—
Ty Burr,
Washington Post,
1 Dec. 2022
Noun
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Carrie raves to Seema about her creative connection with Duncan, and during another writing session, Duncan helps Carrie with her faulty printer and gawks at her closet full of designer dresses and shoes.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
31 July 2025
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Here, the blurring is visual: Sometimes Leonard floats into the past looking like Gere, who wears the character without a shred of self-protection as the lens gawks at his raw skin.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Wang insists dub is not about replicating that behavior under another name.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Aug. 2025
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The English voice dub has some delightfully odd casting choices, such as Peter Boyle as Haru's fat white cat guide and Elliott Gould as a raven named Toto.—
Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Leslie played along, pretending to be a klutz who liked being harshed by a pre-school kid.—
Noor Hassan,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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While one side of the frame shows Pia racing to meet her mother at the bank, conveying her struggle as a hapless klutz, the other half displays a henna ceremony interstitial, elegantly establishing the beauty of tradition and community.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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One day while exercising, a healthy 59-year-old semi-retiree felt a lump in his abdomen.—
Steve Vernon,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In 2021, the singer underwent emergency surgery in Miami after finding lumps in her breasts.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Looby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looby. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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