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How to use spangle in a sentence

17 example sentences · noun, verb

Spangle means a small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a hole which is sewn on to a garment, etc., for decoration; a sequin. Example: “"Miss Bart, if you can't sew those spangles on more regular I guess you'd better give the hat to Miss Kilroy." Lily looked down ruefully at her handiwork.”

Examples of spangle by meaning

nounA small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a hole which is sewn on to a garment, etc., for...

  • "Miss Bart, if you can't sew those spangles on more regular I guess you'd better give the hat to Miss Kilroy." Lily looked down ruefully at her handiwork.1905, Edith Wharton, chapter X, in The House of Mirth, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book II, page 462

nounAny of a number of swallowtail butterflies (genus Papilio); specifically Papilio protenor.

  • Spangle butterfly (Papilio protenor) photographed in Tokyo, Japan.2008, Martin J. Hodson, Margot R. Hodson, “Caring as Communities”, in Cherishing the Earth: How to Care for God’s Creation, Oxford...
  • Many species like Yellow-crested Spangle Papilio elephenor, Nevill's Windmill Atrophaneura nevilli were recorded from the area during earlier surveys, but we did not record these species till date.2016 May 26, Monsoon Jyoti Gogoi, Hillol Jyoti Singha, Panna Deb, “Butterfly (Lepidoptera) Diversity in Barail Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam...
  • A male of the spangle, Papilio protenor (black swallowtail butterfly), feeding on the flowers of the bushkiller, Cayratia japonica.2016, Mamoru Watanabe, “Historical Perspective”, in Sperm Competition in Butterflies (Ecological Research Monographs), Tokyo; Heidelberg...

verbTo adorn or decorate (something).

  • On the morning of July 31, the mountain rose spangled in the summer sun 2,300 feet above Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli.1954 October 11, “Assault on the Summit: The Conquerors' Account”, in Life, volume 37, number 15, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33

More sentences with spangle

  • Beyond the zhoosh, spangle and splendour, there’s substance to the development too.2022 January 21, “The Monocle Minute”, in Monocle, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2025. From the entry zhoosh
  • Unfamiliar words abound, including many intriguing professional roles --ippers, woadmongers, cordwainers--and objects--perukes, frislets (small ruffles) and spangles.2012 May 11, Elizabeth Scott-Baumann, “Woadmongers and frislets.”, in TLS. Times Literary Supplement, number 5693, London, England: NI…. From the entry frislet
  • Her body swims before me, spangled and transpierced by shafts of light caught in my tears.2010, John Howard Griffin, Nuni. From the entry transpierce
  • They stood in the doorways like contestants framed in the spangled, lightbulbed archways of a game show.2009, Lev Grossman, “The Ram”, in The Magicians, Penguin Books, →ISBN. From the entry lightbulbed
  • Aventurin is also the name of a variety of quartz spangled with mica or other shiny mineral.2003, “The Mineral Kingdom. Dictionary of Gems, Jewels, Precious Metals and Minerals, with Their Significance and Use in the Superstition…. From the entry aventurine
  • I cycled the three miles each morning between hedges draped with spangled cobwebs and berried bryony.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 216. From the entry cycle
  • Instantly a great flutter of butterflies of all sizes and colors lifted in spangled clouds about them.1918, Patrick Casey, Terence Casey, The Wolf-cub: A Novel of Spain, page 91. From the entry lift
  • They were round paper disks with spangles on one side and paste on the other; hence the term pasty."2009, Jeffry S. Hepple, “Mancha, Mexico”, in The Treasure of La Malinche, volume 2, Jeffry S. Hepple, →ISBN, page 164. From the entry pasty
  • Quartz with spangled inclusions is known as aventurine.1957, Dorothy M[cKenney] Schlegel, “Semiprecious Gems”, in Gem Stones of the United States (Contributions to Economic Geology; Geological…. From the entry aventurine
  • Paul came back and threaded daisies in her jet black hair, big spangles of white and yellow, and just a pink touch of ragged robbin.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 6”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry ragged robin
  • Though the dusk of twilight was hardly yet apparent, lights were beginning to spangle the city like pop-corn bursting in a deep skillet.1906 December, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Compliments of the Season”, in Ainslee’s […], volume XVIII, number 5, New…. From the entry pop-corn
  • You cannot walk the other side because the walled garden meets the road direct in pools of spangled tarmac after rain; the open gutter choking up with leaves.2016 January 16, Sarah Howe, “The Saturday poem: The Walled Garden”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry walled garden

Meaning of spangle

  1. noun A small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a hole which is sewn on to a garment, etc., for decoration; a sequin.
  2. noun Any small sparkling object.
  3. noun A shiny particle of a mineral.

Full definition of spangle

Questions about spangle in a sentence

How do you use spangle in a sentence?
Spangle is used as a noun and verb. For example: “"Miss Bart, if you can't sew those spangles on more regular I guess you'd better give the hat to Miss Kilroy." Lily looked down ruefully at her handiwork.”
What is a short sentence with spangle?
“Quartz with spangled inclusions is known as aventurine.”
What does spangle mean?
Spangle means a small, flat piece of sparkling metallic or metal-like material with a hole which is sewn on to a garment, etc., for decoration; a sequin.

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