ribbons

Example Sentences

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Clotted ribbons of trash were drifting past, from marooned vessels forced to toss rotting garbage overboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

And then, the turn: each bowl is finished with a poached egg, ribbons of chard, lemon, aioli and toast.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Heading into the exhibition I was eager to see what 18th-century ribbons and laces if not frock coats and gowns would be displayed as ancillary objects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Yellow ribbons are tied around mailboxes and roadside library posts.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

Her moonlight gown is soaked to a dull grey, its crisscrossing ribbons stream out behind her in trails of black and white and charcoal, tangling with her hair in the wind.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern