Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looby
Noun
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
There’s always been something eerie about Seefeel’s music, in which dub and ambient flit like furtive ghosts.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
5 Dec. 2024
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Just in time for Christmas, certain members of Congress are hard at work in their policy shops, fashioning a massive lump of cybersecurity coal with which to gift American users of electronic devices.—
David Williams,
National Review,
26 Dec. 2024
-
Ten years ago, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe pulled up alongside a dusty, icy lump the size of a mountain.—
Elise Cutts,
WIRED,
22 Dec. 2024
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Thesaurus Entries Near looby
Cite this Entry
“Looby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looby. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share