Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looby
Noun
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Land lubbers hike: Lace up those shoes for a 9 to 11 a.m. excursion on Sunday, Oct. 20, to Ansel’s Cave in The West Woods in Russell Township.—
Joan Rusek,
cleveland,
30 Sep. 2019 -
Water-lubbers can easily access freshwater lakes, rural flatland and woodland forests.—
Amy Aumick,
OrlandoSentinel.com,
15 May 2018
Noun
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Over nearly two centuries, the herbivore has been imagined as a spike-nosed lummox, inappropriate kangaroo and now, at last, a stiff-tailed, mostly quadrupedal animal.—
Gemma Tarlach,
Discover Magazine,
20 Apr. 2017
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Fraser was everywhere in the 1990s and early 2000s: a sweetly handsome, blue-eyed lummox whose starring roles established him as a perpetual naif.—
Ty Burr,
Washington Post,
1 Dec. 2022
Noun
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Here, the blurring is visual: Sometimes Leonard floats into the past looking like Gere, who wears the character without a shred of self-protection as the lens gawks at his raw skin.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Dec. 2024
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The Esprit's shape, arguably more avant-garde despite its age, consistently pegs the gawk meter.—
John Phillips,
Car and Driver,
18 June 2020
Noun
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There’s always been something eerie about Seefeel’s music, in which dub and ambient flit like furtive ghosts.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
5 Dec. 2024
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No extras really to speak of, just the anime available in Japanese with English subtitles and an English dub.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
2 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Join for hilarious segments like kids on the naughty list, Christmas klutzes, and those hilariously fed up with the festivities.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
27 Nov. 2024
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On-the-go photographers, field workers, and hopeless klutzes will want to give this tough drive a strong second look.—
John Burek,
PCMAG,
10 July 2024
Noun
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But what are those strange circular lumps in Delores’ jogging bottoms?—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
25 Jan. 2025
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Young sets the pair strange tasks, like hurling uncooked dough at a wall (possibly a reference to letting the people eat cake) or kissing each other through that same lump of dough, or screaming in an audience member’s face.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Looby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looby. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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