frills
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pluralof frill.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
frillnouna trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
Example Sentences
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That includes newer extended-stay hotels and those with slightly fewer frills, such as Hyatt Studios and Hyatt Select—which offer an “upper midscale” experience, as the industry likes to call it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
You can’t see those frills and not think, ‘I want to be her.’
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
"We'll celebrate at home, modestly, with no frills," she said.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
Designers featured frills, fabric layers and ruching in a variety of colours and styles, meaning you could easily re-fashion your own items to reflect the mismatched clothes on display here.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
She pointed somewhere in the middle where the water tore into frills around rocks.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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