Example sentences for: fringes

How can you use “fringes” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Heather grows best in a maritime climate, and it is no coincidence that the homelands of the Celtic fringe in many places correspond to the western fringes of Europe.

  • A few gripes from the fringes: According to the Village Voice 's Richard Gehr, although beautiful to look at, the film is "numbingly formulaic" and rife with the usual Disney clichés: "absent parents, unthreatening yet princely hero, perky but ditzy heroine, swarthy villain, cute sidekicks, hugs, lessons, and a CD's worth of forgettable pop tunes."

  • Decoration can be applied as studded rhinestones, layered feathers, rows of silk rosebuds, festoons of chain, fringes of beads, or sprays of embroidery; or as stitched-on leather appliqués--why not glued-on peas and beans?

  • An op-ed piece in the Financial Times said the vote underlined "the extent to which international considerations have been pushed to the fringes of American politics.

  • Personally I'm a fan of European-style parliamentary democracy; even fringes of the electorate get represented.


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