quilling

present participle of quill

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quilling
Verb
  • While they were lined up, members put on boxing gloves and took turns punching the pledges four times in the chest, according to the petition.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Jahmai Jones’ two-run single in the top of the fifth proved the difference, punching Detroit’s ticket to the playoffs and ensuring the Tigers would go into Game 162 with a chance to claw back the AL Central title from the insurgent Cleveland Guardians on the final day of the regular season.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The first meetup drew dozens of participants poking at pudding cups together.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The underground pop of the 2010s used to get so excited about being online, using shrinky-dink artifice to delight in poking fun at a culture that could feel shallow and strange but also organic and endlessly renewable.
    Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The protagonist's youth doesn't defang the story, as Silent Hill f wastes no time thrusting Hinako and her friends into their personal hells.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Posey played Scott McCall, a normal teen trying to navigate his way through high school until he was bitten by a werewolf, thrusting him further into the supernatural events happening in the fictional town of Beacon Hills.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Quilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quilling. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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