spangle
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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
Saturn has more than 60 moons, but a handful of them do more than spangle the planet’s skies.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2019
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
I just stood on the balcony, looking up at the night sky, at the crook of the moon, at the spangle of stars—each one in its proper place.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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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
She settled on a tight black dress with silver spangles.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2021
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
I loved his mad energy and repeat the response I made at the time: quibbling about it is like objecting to the mis-aligned spangles on the costume of a someone who is juggling double-decker buses.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2017
Scads of minnows flashed like chrome spangles in the shallows, and right away we spooked a snaggle-toothed barracuda that had been hanging motionless near a coral head.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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It roils with observations about teamwork, inequality and success, but presents as a spangled, stoner-comedy extravaganza with the moxie to give a Monty Python-esque raspberry to realism.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
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
Barry Keoghan sported a similarly spangled jacket over a mesh tank top, looking not too different than his “Saltburn” character did when he ingratiated himself with the nobility.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
From the 1930s to the 1950s, the group blazed a spangled, sparkling path that plenty of country acts would later follow.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
It was just as bright and just as black as the scintillations on the spangled ring, which was now close enough to be almost out of sight behind him.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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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
The Maromandia Damba is a beautiful vertically barred fish with vivid red spangling on the flank.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2011
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
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