spangle

If confetti supplies have plummeted, if a spangle shortage now afflicts Manhattan, blame a tent at the southwestern corner of Lincoln Center.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2023

It fits down to the last spangle on the jumpsuit of every self-respecting wannabe Elvis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2023

It was always the cat eye in high-wattage spangle.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2023

The cartoonlike “action” lines that animate the cat direct your eye toward a spangle of geometric shapes the passer-by has scattered to the ground to stir up some feline hunting instinct.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2017

Among the ashes lay the metal spangle from the ballerina's dress; it had been burned as black as coal.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

Many were wearing their own sequins and spangles, sparkling spectacles, top hats, feather boas, and in a few cases, Donald Duck suits, representing stages of John’s 55-year career.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2022

Fairgoers of all ages had spangles applied to their faces by a person claiming to be “Alaska’s first-ever glitter artist.”

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2022

The next morning, everything spangles with light – the grasses and swaying trees; the single cloud that floats above the lake like a tiny whale.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2020

There’s a young man who sees her soul beneath the spangles, and who exudes the glowing naïveté of an American innocent newly arrived in Sodom.

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2018

She wears gold earrings and a scarf with spangles on it.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Joining her were six-piece girl group Katseye, playing their love-it-or-hate-it viral hit Gnarly; and New York indie artist Sombr, sporting a spangled jumpsuit for his rendition of 12 to 12.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

She had packed a kaleidoscopic spangled “disco dress,” complete with platform shoes and a matching headband.

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2023

There are spangled ones and molded ones and one that is really just a bit of silver chain and rhinestones.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022

Ami, who had a schedule spangled with honors classes, now expects to repeat the ninth grade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2022

He was going to look up the expression Dr. Relf had used when he’d told her about the spangled ring.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

In addition to spangling the garden with colorful blooms beginning in late winter, native annuals are an ecological powerhouse.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2023

Finely cut leaves of Japanese maples dangled spangling drops.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

The occasional onscreen spangling of the images with onomatopoeias and impact-sparks provides reminders of Spider-Man’s vintage hand-drawn comic-book origins.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 29, 2018

Still, she gazed out at the afternoon sun spangling the blue-black river as he kept talking flamenco rhythms and stanza breaks.

From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2018

Staring up through the ragged branches of the acacia to the stars, spangling the dark sky, he could see only the kindly face of Rekh the goldsmith rising before him in reproach.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw