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 could not have escaped hunting if I had wanted to, for open seasons spangle the autumn.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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
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
When Bob Mackie met Cher, it was a match made in spangles.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 20, 2018
She is one of Prospero’s attendant spirits in The Tempest, and has to wear a body stocking, with a gauzy costume over top, sprinkled with dried leaves and spangles.
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
A board was spangled with Polaroids of its members, who numbered more than two dozen as of October.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2024
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
She had packed a kaleidoscopic spangled “disco dress,” complete with platform shoes and a matching headband.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
She wore her lucky bunny barrettes and a blue dress spangled with silver sequins.
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
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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