How to use ribbon in a sentence

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• Here's the measurement – the ribbon must be that long, no longer and no shorter.From the entry that
• The dough was run through the pasta machine and drawn into a long ribbon.From the entry draw
• Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package?From the entry unwind
• Layer the ribbons on top of one another to make an attractive pattern.From the entry layer
• Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.From the entry running
• The castle was adorned with ribbons, flags and other flutters that waved in the stiff wind.From the entry flutter
• The governor selected a cadre of blue ribbon social scientists to serve on her poverty task force.From the entry blue ribbon
• A blue ribbon jury of accomplished artists will choose the best three entries.From the entry blue ribbon
• In her dance, she holds her hands above her head to fly those colorful ribbons in the air.From the entry fly
• Mark and Mark have raised some lambs for market, and they won a blue ribbon for quality at the fair.From the entry lamb
• A marriage favour is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.From the entry favor
• “He was dressed like a movie senator with black ribbon pince-nez.2020, Christopher Knowlton, Bubble in the Sun, page 268. From the entry ritz
• Cranston plucked at the ganache, the over-robe Bohun wore, tied round the middle with a ribbon.2020, Paul Doherty, The House of Shadows, Canelo, →ISBN. From the entry ganache
• When the sun sets, long ribbons of burnt orange settle on the horizon.2019 October 24, Dennis Webster, “'An indictment of South Africa': whites-only town Orania is booming”, in The Guardian, archived from the…. From the entry mosquito
• Her hair is braided and adorned with wide ribbons, and she wears black ankle boots.2017 April 19, “Mexico’s Folk Dances: Costumes and Features”, in Vallarta Lifestyles. From the entry Mexican pink
• A red ribbon is tied around the orange, representing the blood of Christ.2015 November 25, Rachel Stevenson, “268 Years of Christingle”, in The Children's Society, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015. From the entry Christingle
• Like a ribbon of clotting blood, even the stones of the causeway radiated with pulsant light.2014, Karl Edward Wagner, Bloodstone. From the entry pulsant
• “They give out blue ribbons for all kinds of waffles,” said Jessica.2014, Megan McDonald, “The Awful Waffle Kerfuffle”, in Frank Pearl in The Awful Waffle Kerfuffle (Judy Moody and Friends; 1), Somerville…. From the entry whipped creamy
• The lovelock was thereafter called a cadcnettc and the ribbon bowknots, favors.2013, R. Turner Wilcox, The Mode in Hats and Headdress, page 109. From the entry favor
• This promises to be most satisfying, as am expecting some new ribbon samples.2013 December 25, Raffaella Barker, Summertime, A&C Black, →ISBN. From the entry gormful
• Mary noticed Gaby absently tweedling the green ribbon hanging from her coat's buttonhole.2008, Heidi Julavits, The Uses of Enchantment, page 51. From the entry tweedle
• She was the innocent schoolgirl, all buttoned up in ribbons and bows.2007, Elaine Balliet, Blue, page 212. From the entry kneehigh
• Brolgas ruffling their wings against water ribbons, making the muddy bath flinch in coiling waves.2006, Tara June Winch, Swallow the Air, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 241. From the entry brolga
• The ribbon was little support to hold the mass of hair and she grabbed to hold it.2003, Karen Stokes, chapter 15, in Talion: A Medieval Mystery, Mystery and Suspense Press, page 90. From the entry crispinette
• She could buy pretty clothes for a girl and plait her hair with ribbons.2002, Kate Atkinson, Not the End of the World, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 33. From the entry Hannah
• A Christingle is an orange with a red ribbon around it.2002, Gordon Geddes, Jane Griffiths, “The Christmas Cycle of Festivals”, in Christian Belief and Practice: The Roman Catholic Tradition…. From the entry Christingle
• Each tooth was secured to its own little compartment with a gray silk ribbon looped around it.1998, Sheila De La Rosa, The Encyclopedia of Weird. From the entry toothly
• His knees clacked together like stalks of ribbon cane rattling in a high wind.1994, Joe R. Lansdale, “Bubba Ho-Tep”, in The Best of Joe R. Lansdale, San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, published 2010, pages 51–52. From the entry ribbon cane
• One ribbon handles both printing and correcting, so it untypes as uniquely as it types.1984, The Business Week - Part 6, page 201. From the entry untype
• Provided are matching satin ribbon detailings, topped with an embroidered floral bouquet in delicate contrasting shades.1979, the Consumers Union, Funerals: consumers' last rights, →ISBN. From the entry detailing
• Piers himself would wear the narrow bootlace tie and the ribbon of the félibre, the Provençal poet.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 57. From the entry félibre
• The earliest cravats were simple silk ribbons tied in a bow in front.1949: CIBA Review, volume 6, issues 61–71, page 3,022 (CIBA Limited). From the entry regatte
• Say, Matt, gimme a jint or two of dat green cane—dis ribbon cane is hard.1930, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Mule Bone, HarperCollins, published 1991, act I, page 49. From the entry ribbon cane
• Number six won’t yield fruit—always runs to blossom like a young girl to ribbons!1928, Phyllis Bottome, “Michel”, in Strange Fruit: Stories, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company; […], →OCLC, part I…. From the entry kukuruz
• They may have special shades of paper stamps or "chops," tickets, tapes, ribbons, and parcellings.1926, Lloyd's Packing Warehouses Ltd, The Story of the Bale, page 17. From the entry parcelling

Meaning of ribbon

1. noun A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
2. noun An awareness ribbon.
3. noun An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.

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Questions about ribbon in a sentence

How do you use ribbon in a sentence?

Ribbon is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Here's the measurement – the ribbon must be that long, no longer and no shorter.”

What is a short sentence with ribbon?

“sails torn to ribbons”

What does ribbon mean?

Ribbon means a long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.