beribboned
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of beribboned
Example Sentences
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As a White House speechwriter in the early 1980s, I sneaked into the East Room and watched President Ronald Reagan hang the beribboned medal around the neck of James Cagney.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2021
My attitude is, I recognise, exactly as basic as the hordes of people who drop mountains of cash on beribboned boxes of chocolates.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2018
The 1969 movie “Z,” about a failed Greek military plot, ends memorably with a sequence of beribboned officials called before a Mueller-like prosecutor to hear their indictments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2017
Jason awkwardly leaves, but first hands Alicia a small, beribboned gold box.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2016
I sift through old 78 polkas with beribboned women smiling at me from the album covers.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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