How to Use ribbon in a Sentence

ribbon

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  • She tied a ribbon around the present.
  • The present was tied with ribbon.
  • Her pie won a ribbon at the county fair.
  • She wore pink ribbons in her hair.
  • The soldier proudly wore his ribbons and medals.
  • Loop a piece of white burlap ribbon around the form to hang.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 9 Aug. 2023
  • To make: Use hot-glue to hold the ribbon or twine in place on the map.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Or will the purple-and-gold best in show ribbon go to ...
    — Jennifer Peltz, ajc, 9 May 2023
  • By the end of the week, Gaffney had procured a ribbon and paper.
    — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Try to find a discreet spot amongst the greenery to glue the start of your ribbon.
    — Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Some men styled their hair long and tied it back with a ribbon.
    — Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Make sure to use a lot of ribbon to achieve the true ugly sweater feel.
    — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2023
  • And for those in want of an in-step crown to match, the year’s wealth of headbands and hair ribbons served, too.
    — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Plus, each of the five tiers of the dessert were adorned with a Swarovski crystal ribbon.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
  • Add accents that match, and use a bright ribbon to hang.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2023
  • Get the Met Gala bow look for less with these ribbon hair clips for under $10.
    — Natalie Alcala, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2023
  • The first, simplest and most peaceful lacks even a ribbon.
    — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Cut a small piece of ribbon and glue it to the center of the card's cover; this will become the flower stem.
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Her long black hair was wrapped in ribbons and trailed over her shoulder.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2023
  • Garnish with a handful of mint leaves sliced into the thinnest of ribbons, oregano leaves and lemon slices, and serve.
    — Lucinda Scala Quinn, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The ribbon video board above the east stand was also enlarged, and a video screen was added to the facing of the members’ club on the east side of The Cauldron.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • This winter, a steel ribbon reaching up to the building’s ninth floor, from which many jumped to their deaths, will be added to the site, per the Times.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The wide black ribbon band adds a finishing touch to this classic look.
    — Emily Becker, Women's Health, 10 July 2023
  • In the nanosheet device, that fin is cut into a set of ribbons, each of which is surrounded by the gate.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Now, Paris Fashion Week is opening with the slice of a proverbial ribbon.
    — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Red geraniums echo the red brick of this house and create a ribbon of color along the porch steps.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Before moving onto the neck, cut a 12-inch piece of ribbon and set aside.
    — Anna Logan, Country Living, 31 July 2023
  • Or, fold the cookie into a tea towel, secure it with a ribbon and then place it in a box.
    — Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The grenades, which are about the size and shape of a D-cell battery, are stabilized in flight by a nylon ribbon streaming from the top.
    — John Ismay, New York Times, 7 July 2023
  • The ribbon cutting was held in October 2007, about three years after the vote.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
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ribbon

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  • For me, all the blue and gold ribboned boxes in the world can’t hold a candle to Passover.
    — Orange County Register, 6 Apr. 2017
  • Louie’s eye for design isn’t limited to just ribbon work either.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Layers of cool hues and ribboned marble give the interior a quiet and calming vibe.
    — Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 2 May 2018
  • For decades, the viaduct provided shelter to homeless people below, who lived underneath decks of asphalt and steel that ribboned along the Puget Sound.
    — Vianna Davila, The Seattle Times, 13 Jan. 2019
  • The croissants are Philly’s best, their whorling layers tanged with cultured butter and honey — even better ribboned with intense chocolate.
    — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 9 Dec. 2017
  • The English Channel was not a wide strip of water separating present-day England and France, but instead a frozen, river-ribboned tundra connecting the two lands.
    — Amina Khan, latimes.com, 5 Apr. 2017
  • Perhaps the best example of this is Lasa’s lumpia sariwa, a menu staple that takes a traditional Filipino rice flour crepe and the cuisine’s signature bright, vinegary sauces and pairs them with a bed of ribboned kale.
    — Zan Romanoff, Bon Appetit, 12 Sep. 2017
  • For instance, the exterior of the 33-story glassy tower is punctuated with full-height bay windows, and each floor is ribboned with a horizontal green band.
    — Pamela Dittmer McKuen, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Effortlessly, Rogers adjusted the machine, and the wheel dropped down on one side. Melting cheese, somewhere between brie and Swiss, cascaded onto the rounds of salami, ribboned in buttery waves.
    — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2020
  • In the chef’s kitchen, ribboned calacatta marble countertops pair with custom white cabinetry.
    — Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Billions of dollars in half-finished construction projects ribbon the city skyline: concrete skeletons of hotels, shopping malls and apartment blocks, swaddled in scaffolding and motionless cranes.
    — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2016
  • Each holiday season hundreds of boxes pass through this distribution center, where they are handled by postal workers already burdened with many extra deliveries, soon to be wrapped and ribboned and placed beneath trees.
    — Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2019
  • For me, all the blue and gold ribboned boxes in the world can’t hold a candle to Passover.
    — Orange County Register, 6 Apr. 2017
  • Louie’s eye for design isn’t limited to just ribbon work either.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Layers of cool hues and ribboned marble give the interior a quiet and calming vibe.
    — Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 2 May 2018
  • For decades, the viaduct provided shelter to homeless people below, who lived underneath decks of asphalt and steel that ribboned along the Puget Sound.
    — Vianna Davila, The Seattle Times, 13 Jan. 2019
  • The croissants are Philly’s best, their whorling layers tanged with cultured butter and honey — even better ribboned with intense chocolate.
    — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 9 Dec. 2017
  • The English Channel was not a wide strip of water separating present-day England and France, but instead a frozen, river-ribboned tundra connecting the two lands.
    — Amina Khan, latimes.com, 5 Apr. 2017
  • Perhaps the best example of this is Lasa’s lumpia sariwa, a menu staple that takes a traditional Filipino rice flour crepe and the cuisine’s signature bright, vinegary sauces and pairs them with a bed of ribboned kale.
    — Zan Romanoff, Bon Appetit, 12 Sep. 2017
  • For instance, the exterior of the 33-story glassy tower is punctuated with full-height bay windows, and each floor is ribboned with a horizontal green band.
    — Pamela Dittmer McKuen, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Effortlessly, Rogers adjusted the machine, and the wheel dropped down on one side. Melting cheese, somewhere between brie and Swiss, cascaded onto the rounds of salami, ribboned in buttery waves.
    — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2020
  • In the chef’s kitchen, ribboned calacatta marble countertops pair with custom white cabinetry.
    — Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Billions of dollars in half-finished construction projects ribbon the city skyline: concrete skeletons of hotels, shopping malls and apartment blocks, swaddled in scaffolding and motionless cranes.
    — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2016
  • Each holiday season hundreds of boxes pass through this distribution center, where they are handled by postal workers already burdened with many extra deliveries, soon to be wrapped and ribboned and placed beneath trees.
    — Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2019

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