rimming 1 of 2

present participle of rim

rimming

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rimming
Verb
  • Aliée Istanbul All of the hotels bordering the Bosphorus have an impressive view of the boats weaving through the river’s currents and the Asian half of Istanbul on the other side.
    Laurie Werner, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Residents have told the Riverworks Development Corporation that many trucks use neighborhood roads instead of sticking to West Vienna Avenue and North Third Street, which are the two thoroughfares bordering the warehouse.
    Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Chip, the 3-year-old miniature dachshund, was filmed bounding toward the open door but immediately reconsidering after inspecting the dreary conditions outside his home in England.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The state has yet to provide any contemporary evidence of doubt that this crosswalk — on the road bounding the southern edge of the Pulse property — was a fitting part of the memorial.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The saints’ days are celebrated, the great days of history are celebrated, and they’re celebrated with this sort of enormous exuberance and deep investment that is somehow very, very touching, very embracing, and very inclusive.
    Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Copeland and Summers have each been active as individual recording artists and live performers, beginning even before the group’s official dissolution, but their music has targeted niche audiences, only achieving marginal sales.
    Mike Alleyne, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • At a 12% marginal tax rate, for example, the $6,000 deduction for a single taxpayer who is 65 or older would result in $720 in tax savings.
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That's because your peripheral vision is much more atuned to brightness than your direct vision.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Despite iffy peripheral stats, the bullpen has been better since the trade deadline.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The wife of the Las Vegas Raiders running back joined Tim Tebow, Mark Teixeira, Brett Favre, Bruce Pearl and others in offering their thoughts and prayers for Kirk and his family.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That position began to change in 2015, in the joined Air France-KLM and Hop!
    Aleksandra Bal, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Rimming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rimming. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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