Example Sentences

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Clotted ribbons of trash were drifting past, from marooned vessels forced to toss rotting garbage overboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

They should streak the salad lightly, creating ribbons of deeper gold without disappearing entirely.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

By 2014, tourists were improvising with items like scrunchies, ribbons and earphones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Yellow ribbons are tied around mailboxes and roadside library posts.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

Masks are returned to the baskets in the courtyard and by the gates, jumbled piles of empty eyes and ribbons.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern