How to Use ribbing in a Sentence

ribbing

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  • The night of the Globes, Winslet laughed at Gervais’ ribbing, as did many in the crowd.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The green uniforms include purple and gold ribbing around the sleeves and down the side of the shorts.
    — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Most of the time, though, the ribbing of the contestants comes across as gentle and fun.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2022
  • But Trump found himself on the other end of the ribbing, too.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Their playful ribbing is now baked into the DNA of the show.
    — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 15 Mar. 2023
  • All of that gets in the way of looking at the stars, and of eavesdropping on their rat-a-tat ribbing.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 31 July 2019
  • The cut, the weight, the ribbing—everything about it is perfect.
    — The Glamour Editors, Glamour, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Hall is all for the playful ribbing that goes on between Cougars and Utes fans.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Baker responded to the ribbing at the end of his remarks.
    — Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • More good-natured ribbing of jazz singer Sharon Gitau for hogging the phone, please!
    — Rebecca Schuman, Longreads, 6 June 2018
  • The competitive battles, and the ribbing that goes with that, have been a constant theme this spring.
    — Omar Kelly, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 June 2017
  • Musk and Zuckerberg are trading barbs The light ribbing turned feistier over the past weekend.
    — Scott Nover, Quartz, 10 July 2023
  • The Gray Man star is also bracing for some good-natured ribbing from his close friends.
    — Kara Warner, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The Gray Man star was also bracing for some good-natured ribbing from his close friends.
    — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Join the shouting, cheering, and good-natured ribbing this weekend as the players do their best to hit and score.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Reynolds, 46, and Jackman are close pals in real life, despite their ribbing of each other over the years.
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2022
  • This is still Disney, so the ribbing never packs any real punch.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Grupe gets a good ribbing on the yolk by using a cake decorating tip.
    — Veronica Hinke, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Sandler’s mom, Judy, and his wife, Jackie, also joined in on the good-natured ribbing.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Kanter took Randle's ribbing in stride and responded with a jab of his own.
    — Jenna West, SI.com, 26 June 2019
  • On Thursday, Heath gave his boss a kind-hearted ribbing on his playing days.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Yes, those are likely to draw some good-natured ribbing from his teammates.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2022
  • Orlando City teammates took to social media to give him a light ribbing over the new look.
    — Julia Poe, Pro Soccer USA, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Folks have given me some ribbing over the years as being anti-Bielema.
    — Eric Bolin, ajc, 6 Oct. 2017
  • For much of their session with Hall, the pair’s chemistry was evident in their good-natured ribbing.
    — The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Luckily the brothers seem to take the ribbing well, laughing off his comments.
    — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • That revealed itself at 10, when the only girl in an all-boys league fought through the ribbing and derision to become team MVP.
    — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Despite the good-natured ribbing there are also some useful lessons learned when the two talk football.
    — Marc Narducci, Philly.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • But his teammates weren’t about to let the former Auburn All-American make a big-man pick without some ribbing.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Steal her style with this flattering A-line dress that has vertical ribbing, bell sleeves, and a short collar.
    — Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024

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