How to Use red ribbon in a Sentence

red ribbon

noun
Definition of red ribbonnext
  • Find a headstone and place the wreath at each one with the red ribbon at the top.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2022
  • It was set with a plate, a candle and a vase tied with a red ribbon.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022
  • It was set with a plate, a candle, and a vase tied with a red ribbon.
    — María Luisa Paúl, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Each can is wrapped with a red ribbon to give it that final touch.
    — Morgan Raum, PEOPLE.com, 21 Jan. 2020
  • The red ribbon on the medal matched Bob’s red tie perfectly.
    — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2019
  • Her tree this year is a single pinecone with a red ribbon tied around it.
    — Megan Marples, CNN, 8 Dec. 2021
  • His body was found next to his car in which a bright red ribbon was tied around the rear-view mirror.
    — Mary Zahn and Bill Janz, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Around his neck hangs a pink coral angel from a dark red ribbon).
    — Concita De Gregorio, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2023
  • Trees and poles surrounding the church were wrapped in red ribbon.
    — Elyssa Cherney, chicagotribune.com, 3 June 2018
  • Late in the show, five gigantic red ribbons drop from the rafters, and remain for the length of a number.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Nov. 2023
  • As in past years, a giant red ribbon has been hung on the north portico of the White House.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2021
  • After the speech, the crowd moved to the entrance of the town hall, where there was a red carpet, a red ribbon, and a glittery gold sphere.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2019
  • It's made by weaving nine strands of rope ($5, Joann) with red ribbon then hot-gluing the braid to a flat wreath form.
    — Kim Hutchison and Jessica Thomas, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Most of them wear their hair pulled back into a ponytail tied with a red ribbon.
    — Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The scene then cuts to the singer in full color as the tempo lifts and she twirls and wraps herself in strands of yellow and red ribbon.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Up ahead, Amal’s long brown hair swayed in the breeze, adorned with a bright red ribbon that was a beacon for those farther back.
    — Laura Collins-Hughes Amir Hamja, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The photo was the gift his mother had dropped by earlier that evening, a red ribbon tied around the frame.
    — Greg Borowski, jsonline.com, 20 Dec. 2021
  • State leaders cut a red ribbon in front of the 132-year-old building Wednesday.
    — USA TODAY, 12 July 2019
  • Even easier, tie a bow with a red ribbon around the bottle.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The Lindt bunny has a red ribbon and bell, while the Lidl bunny sports a yellow or green ribbon.
    — Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Yet politicians can’t resist the allure of getting out the big scissors to cut the red ribbon.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
  • Decorated to look like a present, the stand is wrapped with Miller Lite gift paper and tied with a red ribbon.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Decorated to look like a present, the stand was wrapped with Miller Lite gift paper and tied with a red ribbon.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Posted on her Facebook page were photos of a white Kia with a big red ribbon on the windshield.
    — Nina Agrawal, latimes.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Players and their families have been encouraged to wear red in the field and in the stands, and red ribbons have been placed at the field where William played.
    — Travis Loller, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • That medal — a gold disk on a red ribbon — is no longer bestowed, but the fire department was able to find one in storage.
    — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Just a few short weeks later, the newest member of the Coolidge household got gussied up for Christmas, adorned in a red ribbon.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 2 July 2018
  • Loretta dressed Alana in a new white, preemie-sized lace dress with red ribbons, matching bloomers and fuzzy white socks.
    — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Wrap this in a red ribbon and these chocolate waffles will appear before you in no time.
    — Elaheh Nozari, Bon Appetit, 7 Feb. 2018
  • A few minutes later, Abe emerged from a tent, wearing a gold tie and a red ribbon on his gray suit jacket.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2019

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