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How to use sequin in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun, verb

Sequin means any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey. Example: “The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors.”

Examples of sequin by meaning

nounA sparkling spangle used for the decoration of ornate clothing.

  • His ideas of music-hall costumes had never gone beyond short skirts, a swirl of lace, and glittering sequins; but Miss Antonia had expressed herself on that subject in no uncertain terms.1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter CVII, in Of Human Bondage
  • Neer imagined Jane in tulle and leather and sequins and knew the answer.2022, Janelle Monáe, Danny Lore, “Nevermind”, in The Memory Librarian, Harper Voyager, →ISBN, page 122

More sentences with sequin

  • The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors.From the entry flashy
  • The floor is littered with clumps of fake hair and vajazzle sequins.2015 April 2, Tessa Clayton, Wannabe - Choose Your Own Celebrity Adventure, →ISBN, page 95. From the entry cycle path
  • “Unfortunately, the pink beading and sequins look like a birthday cake exploded.”2015, Margaret Gurevich, Unraveling (Chloe by Design), Stone Arch Books, →ISBN, page 63. From the entry twinsy
  • Looking shiftily about, her eight eyes glittering like pewter sequins, she grabbed a fangful of crumbs.2015, Claire Barker, Ghost Dog, page 65. From the entry fangful
  • I’m dressed in a Dale Evans cowgirl outfit, jeans, sequin shirt, leather accessories and plenty of babyfat.1998, Barry Westburg, “Rider”, in Rage of Angels: Expatriate Tales, Kent Town, S.A.: Wakefield Press, →ISBN, page 42. From the entry babyfat
  • How did a jamboree founded on the idea of peace and harmony go from sequins and flares to geopolitical slugfest?2026 May 16, Rory Carroll, “How did Eurovision go from sequins and flares to geopolitical slugfest?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry slugfest
  • If you’re ready to dip your toe into the trend, this sequin mini dress is a slam dunk.2022 December 18, Laura White, “The Sparkliest, Spangliest Holiday Frocks At Target”, in HuffPost. From the entry Barbiecore
  • What, you gonna wear a glittery sequin tuxedo and foof your hair and play the piano for them?2011, Randy Powel, The Whistling Toilets. From the entry foof
  • (this page) Crème sequin dress by St.2005, Cincinnati Wedding, pages 48 (picture perfect) and 51 (master class). From the entry crème
  • If pink is a little too femme for your taste, this sequin number is available in a sophisticated copper shade as well.2022 December 18, Laura White, “The Sparkliest, Spangliest Holiday Frocks At Target”, in HuffPost. From the entry Barbiecore
  • Rucci, a slithery black jersey dress with a pavé of sequins at the hip and a taut, racerlike bodice signaled a turn.2007 October 9, Cathy Horyn, “The Handbag Gets the Last Word”, in New York Times. From the entry racerlike
  • I watched as Aisha bargained, unsuccessfully, for a charm against the Evil Eye, a pink-and-yellow plastic hand of Fatima decorated with sequins.1988, Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, A Street in Marrakech, Waveland Press, →ISBN, page 276. From the entry Hand of Fatima
  • Winging your way all Nudie’d up is the Deluxest Burrito of them all — swell if you don’t break a tooth on the sequins.1970, Entertainment World, page 30. From the entry deluxe
  • It was stitched with bits of sequins that caught the sunlight and sparkled, a brave effort because the rest of the fabric that made it was so shabby.2014 January 1, Anjana Basu, In the Shadow of the Leaves, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), →ISBN, page 131. From the entry jhola
  • He comes along all dressed up in the real deal costume, all the sequins and rhinestone, the heavyweight boxing belt, the cape, the whole charabanc, you know?2013, R.J. Ellory, The R. J. Ellory Collection. From the entry charabanc
  • A contributing factor to this slightly regressive femininity may have been the sugary fabrics (silver lamé, tulle over sequins) and the meringuelike puffs and baby Googums bows at the neck.2007 February 6, Cathy Horyn, “Young Spirits, One of Them an Old Master”, in The New York Times. From the entry femininity

Meaning of sequin

  1. noun Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.
  2. noun A sparkling spangle used for the decoration of ornate clothing.
  3. verb To decorate with sequins.

Full definition of sequin

Questions about sequin in a sentence

How do you use sequin in a sentence?
Sequin is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors.”
What is a short sentence with sequin?
“(this page) Crème sequin dress by St.”
What does sequin mean?
Sequin means any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sequin (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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