ribs 1 of 2

plural of rib

ribs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rib

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ribs
Noun
Jauan Jennings, another one of Jones’ top targets, is listed as questionable with injuries to his ankle and ribs that kept him out of last week's game. Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025 After harvesting, don’t remove the ribs or seeds from jalapeños. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025 Defined as pain between the backside and ribs, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that low back pain, in particular, is the single leading cause of disability worldwide and that most people experience it at least once in their life. Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2025 It’s used to glaze brisket or slather over ribs, adding heat and tang in equal measure. Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025 Parts of Choi’s body, including her skull and her ribs, were found three days later in a house in a remote village, cooked into a soup along with radishes and carrots. Eric Wilson, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025 Henry had separated and broken ribs on his right side, blood on the left side of his rib cage, and light puncture marks on his stomach, as well as severe internal bleeding, according to a police report. Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025 And some items, though limited, have seen prices decline, including Graeter’s Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip ice cream, Montgomery Inn’s full rack of ribs, Pringles potato chips and Red and Blue Bicycle Playing cards (though a standard deck has risen 11% in line with the overall index. Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025 Regulars to any of the sites will recognize the Philippe Chow classics from char siu spare ribs to grand walnut sesame prawns. Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ribs
Noun
  • The moment — delivered by Steinfeld’s character Mary on a humid New Orleans train platform — was clipped, memed and replayed across TikTok, igniting think pieces and parodies alike.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Free speech covers the jokes, the satire, the parodies—even the dumb, crass, or offensive ones.
    Lizz Winstead, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And no … no more short jokes from me.
    Vic Tafur, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This was a couple who had never stopped laughing at one another’s jokes, who still held hands like teenagers into their 50s.
    Bee Wilson, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Now, Wilson is showing off his brand's latest back-to-school collection as part of Macy's x Rookie kids fashion show, and his three eldest kids walked the runway.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • There’s also never really a good explanation for why the population of campers has dwindled, beyond Charlie Brown telling Sally that kids her age just want to watch TV instead of heading outdoors for fun.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For instance, think back to when everyone was doing spoofs about titles that dealt with women in trains or in windows or in peril.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Indeed, Altman, by virtue of the sheer number of spoofs, appears to have joined the pantheon of comic figures alongside South Park’s Eric Cartman and Family Guy’s Peter Griffin.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Major props are due to the tour’s clever production design, which has been conceived in a way that sometimes is played for broad laughs and sometimes more subtly sets up the themes of the material without the band members having to talk so much.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • As Cory's spacey, swoon-worthy big brother Eric, Friedle brought the laughs and, sometimes, the older child wisdom.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Click PLAY on the video above to watch the full Q&A, where Stowell also teases how Gibbs will cope with Lala’s accident and how his relationship with Diane will progress in Season 2.
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Lady Whistledown teases a new, lusty season of Netflix‘s hit series Bridgerton.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Mason roasts coffee beans from Ethiopia, Brazil and Colombia and supplies them to coffee shops throughout metro Detroit.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The company then freshly roasts the beans in small batches at its Grapevine cafe.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Ribs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ribs. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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