Example Sentences

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While the two roads ribboning away from the intersection were easily identifiable, everything else in the frame had changed.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2023

Every single part of the dress is made out of duct tape, including its striped ribboning, embroidered flowers, flowy sleeves and intricate lacework.

From Fox News • Jul. 23, 2021

“So if you’re in a pet shop, do not call her,” Venus said, her arms and legs ribboning out like plains-state freeways from her shorts and tank top.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2019

They joined forces, ribboning the state in the Airstream, blaring John Philip Sousa marches on their approach to every town “at a volume which would probably make people deaf.”

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2016

And sometimes there were swirling eddies of warmth, a bit of sun-drenched water ribboning around her.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi