How To Use Ribbon In A Sentence

Meanwhile the red ribbon was slowly unfurling like a red cloud and then a crimson sea.
Relaxing, in amusement at her unwonted altruism of motive, she had drawn her moleskin coat more closely around her, and settled back to wait the other woman's pleasure in returning to the bright warmth that the pale-orange ribbon of light, wavering upon the swaying platform, harbingered. Undesirables
Make a Mobius strip out of a ribbon of mild steel and magnetise it.
It came with a large red ribbon tied around its nose. Times, Sunday Times
Her hat was tricked out with a yellow ribbon.

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Peel the aubergines with a potato peeler to obtain ribbons of skin uniform in length and width. A Passion for Food
She usually wore a dress of dark gray stuff, with immense pockets, a black silk neckerchief folded over her shoulders, a white tamboured muslin cap, with a black ribbon passed two or three times round the crown. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
The Longitude Act established a blue ribbon panel of judges that became known as the Board of Longitude.
It came with a large red ribbon tied around its nose. Times, Sunday Times
He was always what they call ‘a bleeder,’ a puncher who leads with his face and usually gets cut to ribbons by the time the first couple of rounds are over.
Some two-long alkyl chain amphiphiles can adopt stable tubular structures including twist ribbons, helices, and cochleate cylinders in aqueous media.
He hugged hundreds of babies, shook thousands of hands and cut ribbons at new universities, high-tech factories and a hospital.
Something that comes in a pleasing box, with a shiny satin ribbon. Times, Sunday Times
These include clavate ribbons with a rounded upper end and a somewhat pointed lower end, but devoid of any rhizoidal holdfast structures; such ribbons may be poorly preserved Baculiphyca taeniata.
The face of human progress wears bright ribbons in its hair and swings a bag of books. Times, Sunday Times
A great many women have gone on record saying that they find him utterly adorable and wouldn't, as the saying goes, kick him out of bed, whether he turned up for the event wearing boxer shorts or a flowing beribboned peignoir.
For brides who want to individualise their place setting to match a specific colour scheme, can 'design their own' from a choice of 6 boxes, 12 ribbons and 25 decorations - giving a choice from 1800 options. Archive 2008-05-01
So far, we've made nanoscale lasers, photodetectors, and ribbons that serve as flexible sub-wavelength optical waveguides.
This brilliant wheel, justly called a splendor, is attached to a conical cap on the head of the dancer, held by a ribbon or kerchief tied under the chin. Did You Know? Quetzal Dancers in Puebla, Mexico
He wrote up a report (on a typewriter, whose ribbon he destroyed afterwards) and sent it to the US embassy in Bonn.
Oh, and did I mention the two red roses entwined on our bed by a single silk ribbon? Times, Sunday Times
`Open, sesame," Rhodes said stolidly, and Virtual One began to disgorge streaming ribbons of data into the air.
The dress was full of lace and ribbons and was satiny.
Today her blonde hair is plaited into French braids elaborately tied with huge dark blue and white ribbons, and she's wearing a short, dark blue denim skirt with her tan Uggs.
This not-so-subtle slam at the dangers of genetic engineering depicts a Grant-Wood-Iowa country-fair display of square tomatoes, a multiteated cow and other oddities in an unmodified soybean field, plus a pathetically overbred Chinese Crested dog, presented on an oval insert like a blue-ribbon prize. An Illustrative Career Depicting Dystopias
It was a tangle of orange and lemon trees, looped with garlands of roses and flowering creepers, carpeted with a thousand fragrant, old-fashioned flowers, and arboured with grapevines, whose last year's leaves, though sparse, were still russet and gold: altogether a mere bright ribbon of beauty pinned like a lover's knot on a high shoulder of jutting rock. The Guests Of Hercules
He is regenerating mahoe, karaka (called kopi in the Chathams), ribbonwood, matipo, karamu, nikau palms, lancewoods, and kowhai.
It could be the lack of pink satin ribbons to tie round my ankle for the pas de deux. Times, Sunday Times
'Bow' meaning the front of a ship, 'bow' meaning a loop made in a string or ribbon and 'bow' meaning a device used to shoot arrows are all homographs.
Strict rules at secondary schools meant that girls had to keep their hair short or wear it tied back in ribbons of the regulation colour.
Make a twisted cord or use a ribbon, and lace it through the eyelets.
She didn't care the ribbon slatting her face.
It could be the lack of pink satin ribbons to tie round my ankle for the pas de deux. Times, Sunday Times
Rose of Ireland and the White Rose of Devon, a noted Society phrasemonger had dubbed them, seeing them together on the lawn one Ascot Cup Day, their light draperies and delicate ribbons whip-whipping in the pleasant June breeze, ivory-skinned, jetty-locked Celtic beauty and blue-eyed, flaxen-locked Saxon fairness in charming, confidential juxtaposition under one lace sunshade, lined with what has been the last new fashionable colour under twenty names, since then; only that year they called it _Rose fané_. The Dop Doctor
Sawyers, in their light-blue carriage with the white hammercloth and blue and white ribbons -- their footmen drove the house down with the knocking. A Little Dinner at Timmin's
The little girl tied the ribbon in a bow.
After removing the silk ribbon and unbinding the sewing, I dry-cleaned each page carefully. Before & After: 1807 Land Agreement from the Louis H. Carpenter Collection « Fondly, Pennsylvania: Notes from Archives and Conservation
Cut 100g of the gravadlax into ribbons. Times, Sunday Times
Take your next cue from the mannequins seen in store windows: Stitch rows of ribbon and other trims along the bottom edges.
Stacked, with ribbon or simple scrollwork, which is very, very popular, "he said. Stories: Local News
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Secure the cover with ribbons for decoration. Times, Sunday Times
Every competitor is given an award - a gold, silver or bronze medal or a ribbon.
Giggling with delight, he fished through the styrofoam peanuts and retrieved a length of silk, folded about three inches wide and almost two feet long, then tied with a ribbon.
A former state senator cut the ribbon to reopen the place.
Katie tied her hair back with a ribbon.
The ribbon of land mass, fringed with coconut trees, stretches for more than 12,500 miles around a vast lagoon.
What the little waking dream revealed to me was that INSTEAD of the little allice in wonderland dress I had been planning to go under the FABULOUS crushed red velvet cape edged in wide satin red ribbon and lined with red moire silk; [Did I mention I'm a bit of a seamstress?} Madrigle Diary Entry
In 1888, the typewriter ribbon was patented by Jacob L. Wortman.
It scores with some super cute thongs that have patterned footbeds plus grosgrain ribbon wrapped around the thong and topped with pretty details like bows or even roses (in selected styles).
I love all the little treats, candies, lipgloss..little slippers, cards, ribbons.. love that red w/ white polka dot ribbon.. We Survived the Gingerbread Construction of 2007
She was wearing two blue silk ribbons in her hair.
It was with a sense of the inevitable that I undid the ribbons, loosened the neck and let it slip down over my arms to the ground.
Mary dangled be-ribboned trinkets before her the minute she opened her eyes, and they were all in danger of hurting her with overkindness. Three Little Cousins
My hair was piled high in curls and a narrow ribbon was tied round my long and slender neck. Consuelo & Alva: Love and Power in the Gilded Age
You can use ticket stubs or ribbons or receipts or photos or envelopes or napkins to mark your place in books.
There were tangled ribbons of metal scattered for hundreds of metres, variously shaped satellitic craters and mounds, but of the captain and his trench there was not a single sign. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
That ribbon of disquiet had knotted itself about her, tightening around her stomach which suddenly felt overfull of coffee and food. COFFIN IN FASHION
The bottom portion of her face became rounder with larger eyes and simply outlined lips, always accompanied by the pony-tailed, beribboned hair.
In all experiments, rows produced by paper-ribbon sowing were thinned to one plant per site immediately after seedling emergence.
The MetaTexis menu is visible in the left ribbon area Menu Commands.
Wrap your gift and tie with a ribbon, then attach the bunch of foliage to the ribbon using a glue gun. Times, Sunday Times
Her hat was an amazing affair of ribbons and feathers.
The bodice laced up in the front with cream-colored ribbon, which tied off at the waist.
Ribbon stripes, pin stripes, chalk stripes and rich color stripes are trusted components of this collection.
He will then pull these ribbons from her hair and run away with them. The Times Literary Supplement
It was made up of white oleanders and pink roses lined with small chrysanthemums tied together with a single satin ribbon.
Here, we padded a wall with batting and fabric, then secured crisscrossing ribbons with fabric tacks.
I thought he was going to have a conniption then and there - his face got all red, and he sliced the guy to ribbons with his tongue.
Now this friend was arranging Helen's hair in an intricate, graceful upsweep, with ribbons to match the dress.
This sort of abuse will break a too brittle blade or loosen a flimsy blade pivot, but it stood up to this challenge before shaving off more ribbons of paper as cleanly as it had at the beginning.
It is worth buying covered elastic bands or using a ribbon.
They wore their school hats, and badges with the brown, white, and blue ribbons, and the regulation "exeat" uniform, brown Harris tweed skirts and knitted heather-mixture sports coats. A Patriotic Schoolgirl
Euphemia," she said to some one outside the door, "telephone the doctor that he is still rambling, but that he has switched from green ribbons to riddles. The Man in Lower Ten
Meanwhile, trim and finely chop the chard stalks, then slice the leaves into ribbons. The Sun
It was neatly folded and carefully done up, with various seals and blue ribbons, in a package about six inches wide by eighteen in length, and was guarded by the select half of the Faroese army and navy, being exactly twelve men, and delivered by the amtman of the island with a few appropriate and impressive remarks, after which it was hung up over the cabin gangway by the captain as a solemn warning to all future passengers. The Land of Thor
a mere ribbon of land
He is regenerating mahoe, karaka (called kopi in the Chathams), ribbonwood, matipo, karamu, nikau palms, lancewoods, and kowhai.
Craig Janek and Dr. Sean Funston "ribboned" the royal path for Duchesses Meg Walker and Jennifer Dominguez and Dukes Keith McFatridge and Dr. James Grant. The Daily News - News
Â Submerged in subtext, The White Ribbon is a fantastic film that offers no easy answers and a future both inescapable and inexplicable. THE WHITE RIBBON Review – Collider.com
Using a Y-shaped potato peeler, shred the zucchini into fine ribbons.
I can’t compete with that!) and a small trinket picked specifically for that person tied to the elaborate ribbon with even more elaborate ribbon you know what? Purplecigar Diary Entry
As the ribbon is the auxiliary products, profits have been relatively modest, and the constant peer companies to join, rising raw material prices has led to increasing competition.
There was a ribbon hanging under her chin which the old lady called a bridle, and when Glenloch Girls
I stared at the cross and officer's badge hanging from ribbons on the rearview mirror, rather hypnotized the whole way.
Baubles can be painted, stencilled, sprayed, wrapped or decorated with fabric, ribbons, glitter, pearls and beads.
It was really special - and we noticed straight away that they were wrapped in pink ribbons. Times, Sunday Times
Once inside, I found myself disappointed to find a bland platter of nothing more than carrots& celery with ranch dressing [semi-fresh, at that; it was picked up from a convenience store around the corner, I gleaned from overheard conversation later] and a sole, glum keg of Pabst Blue Ribbon ™ brewski. Ennui
Make a classroom wall dictionary of all the new worm words your students are learning: annelid, fanworm, earthworm, flatworm, leech, lugworm, nematode, planarian, ribbonworm, spoonworm, tapeworm… to name several.
Several of his photographs of Helen recall her portrait, and in one she even wears the same white dress and beribboned shoes.
Nine staff members celebrated the opening by cutting a ribbon and cracking open a bottle of champagne.
On the other hand, brightly colored variegated ribbon grass planted behind catmint backlights the catmint and makes its flowers recede.
The first thing out of the kitchen was a nice charcuterie platter decked with smoky pork rillettes and ribbons of fresh ham and prosciutto.
Red ribbons, alongside black, will truly mean something in London today.
She shot an ice-charged projectile down at the scimitars, but the whirling cutters diced it to ribbons in the blink of an eye.
They were grooming a palomino, quiffing up his mane and tying it with a red ribbon.
The A888 is a narrow ribbon of tarmac that curls and loops around the inlets and headlands of the Hebridean island of Barra.
The roadway had become a flowing ribbon of silk, gemmed with yellow cat-like eyes that floated past wary and curious in their regard for him and his nervous horse. CHAPTER II
I am sitting cross-legged on the floor with a glue pot in one hand and a wavy green ribbon representing my first love in the other. Times, Sunday Times
The edging is a piece of ribbon folded over the side of the arch and stitched down; I then added some eyelash yarn along the outside edge with a blind hem stitch. Blue flowery arch
There were felt hats and straw hats, decorated with feathers and flowers, ribbon and lace.
Women were more conservative, in full skirts and beribboned white felt hats.
This is a strange, liminal object: a maypole bedecked with slim red and black ribbons and chains from which hang aluminium plaques bearing grisly two-dimensional images of severed heads. Nancy Spero: no pity
Try a flossing ribbon or tape coated with natural waxes like jojoba, beeswax or carnuba to help floss glide between teeth without harming gums.
Wrapped around the tight seating bowl is 660 feet of 3 ½-feet tall video ribbon board. Latimes.com - News
It is a busy area and we don't want houses and ribbon developments, it is better to have a bit of open space.
All the dumb yellow ribbons, stupid flags going up one extra each day, all the newspapers reporting breathlessly on a new UN meeting had issued a new strong statement of extra-vigorous deploration language. "And when the captured British sailor admits she 'trespassed' into Iranian waters, there is fear in her eyes."
The symbolism of the pole decorated with ribbons and garlands was deeply offensive to the Puritans and maypoles were forbidden by Oliver Cromwell's parliament from 1644.
It was a straw bonnet with light blue lace ribbon around it.
Finally, the attendant picked up the pacifier, attached it to a ribbon, and sewed it to the child's shirt.
The simplicity of a ribbon-tied bunch of long stalk flowers is absolutely alluring.
I stood by the window and started untying the ribbon to let the curtain fall across, but I couldn't undo the knot for tears. WHITE LIES
The carved foliage with ribbons and laurel wreaths applied to the center of the end cupboards relates to carvings on some of the best Federal mantels and overmantels in New Orleans.
Nay what are all errors and perversities of his, even those stealings of ribbons aimless confused miseries and vagabondisms, if we will interpret them kindly, but the blinkard dazzlements and staggerings to and fro of a man sent on an errand he is too weak for, by a path he cannot yet find? Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
He passed out the ribbons and then clapped his hands once.
Then thread a small bell with some ribbon, and pull the ribbon up through the hole in the pot.
There was a huge outcry against the advance of ribbon roads when the motor car arrived. Times, Sunday Times
A pink ribbon had been tied around the crown of the hat.
The bodice was corseted and tied all the way down the front with black ribbon and it was separated enough just to show a little bit of skin.
I used double-sided tape to affix the ribbon to the paper.
Resting 28.6 inches wide, 11.5 inches deep and 7.7 inches high, the Z62 houses a patented Neo3PDR ribbon tweeter coaxially mounted in front of a new 10 by 5-inch Neo10 midrange planar driver. TWICE - Digital Imaging News
Now the pink ribbon is instantly recognisable, seen not only on celebrities but also on charity runs. Times, Sunday Times
Maybe it's the beribboned high waistlines, maybe it's the delicate petticoats or maybe it's those slightly ridiculous bonnets, but whatever the reason, behind-the-hand sniggers are a certainty.
Cut the tofu into 2cm cubes and peel the carrot lengthways into long ribbons. The Sun
Very effective hampers can be made from a cheap basket and low-priced toiletries from pound shops, if wrapped in cellophane and colourful ribbon.
Wore a mackinaw, was wringing wet to the skin, had one arm in a sling made of a wild grapevine, face slit up in ribbons as if he'd been fighting bears, limped as if he had stringhalt. The Shagganappi
Shred one medium carrot into ribbon strips with a potato peeler, repeat with one medium courgette.
She was wearing two blue silk ribbons in her hair.
A Courtesan is played by an Asian girl hardly older than three, whose comehither gesture and coy posture, rouged lips and beribboned hair, faithfully mimic the conventions of Chinese painting.
There was a huge outcry against the advance of ribbon roads when the motor car arrived. Times, Sunday Times
What a charming grand seigneur , " he said, "and what a fine air he had with his blue ribbon!
I measured the hat, went out and got ribbon and silver trim, came home and figured out that the silver trim was just not powerful enough to overcome the gold trim, took the gold trim off, found out that the danged gold trim had also been helping to keep the wire in the edge of the brim, resewed that with invisible thread, and now Kauri's Katharsis
Kenton fingers the fine stitching on one of the pieces, a scrap of innocent-looking pink ribbons and lace – with no wires – that would truss only the daintiest of frames. From corsets for comedians to bespoke bras: Rigby & Peller has seen it all
The bangle has three interlocking hoops that form a stunning ribbon of silver. Times, Sunday Times
On either side were buildings made of brick with carved stonework and classical mouldings, suggesting that the town consisted of about a mile of ribbon development along the line of the road.
When it comes to relationships, birthday presents are booby traps wrapped in red ribbons. Times, Sunday Times
Addie sets his bowl on the table then moves about the apartment, his arms and legs and odors wafting like ribbons in the air, dancing cavatina to our choir bites of frosted oats and yellow moons, orange stars, green clovers. Chinchillas in the Air
After decussating, these fibers ascend in a compact, ribbon like tract called the medial lemniscus.
There were tucks and folds and frills and bows and lace and rhinestones and embroidery and ribbons all over it.
The ribbon was cut and the new station was officially open.
Low priced linen, Black caliminco red tammies fine threads low priced calicos Ribbons. Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 17 June 1782, with a List of Articles wanted from Holland
She wore an underskirt of pink poplin, trimmed in velvet ribbon and over it a dress of pale blue wool. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
Insert the new LCD and reattach the contact ribbon.
It was one of those memories you wish that could be boxed up with a nice red ribbon, bow and all, and give it to people as a present.
Some fine examples of this included her cherry blossom jersey gown with appliquéd ribbon straps and a burnt sienna crocodile top with a tulip print evening skirt.
Another method of fastening shoes involved using ribbon or tapes to secure latchets which are folded over.
Interwoven through the armature was a continuous white canvas ribbon emblazoned with the BroadwayWorld.com Blogs Stories
ribbonlike noodles
They were set down with neat penmanship on small pieces of white paper decorated with hearts, flowers and blue ribbons.
It is not a simple ribbon of water running northward; the Gulf Stream is a complex system of constantly shifting currents and eddies that parallel the coast at speeds that average about four miles per hour. The Atlantic and Its Warm, Blue River
The ribbon rose with the rhythm of a python or a cobra, until the tip was at eye level with my face.
The largest piece of art was a working carousel that blew bubbles and was festooned with fake animals, flowers and ribbons - literally a maypole come to life.
Once the main parts of the figure were completed in felt, an assortment of ribbons, lace trim, rickrack, buttons, sequins and feathers were added to decorate the circus performers.
A Bullock drest in Ribbons, followd likewise by music, had marchd through the town two days before and was now on the Spit, and in the pot, as dinner was to commence at 4. Letter 292
Most of the group of about 20 people wore blue ribbons in a show of solidarity with Moodley.
Slice the peppers in 5cm long ribbons. Times, Sunday Times
On the bridge a Leading Stoker spotted his WWII Medal ribbons and said: ‘You must have been a CO of a battalion during the war, sir’?
Choose hearty grosgrain ribbons in various widths and colors.
The little girl tied the ribbon in a bow.
Here are steel uprights melted into themselves like ribbon candy.
McDonnell a series of suggestions: pari-mutuel wagering; privatizing rest stops; establishing an "infrastructure bank," "changes to the state's revenue sharing program," and a "bipartisan blue ribbon transportation committee...to recommend how best to generate the resources necessary to develop and maintain such a transportation system. RPV Chair Outright Lies About "Democrat Legislators"
Yes, there she was, beribboned and frilled, a grave look on her face as she ate while around her grown men traded subtle insults and subtler hints, and the women gossiped, gossip with as many messages hidden in it as any man's talk.
Dad handed me a big box wrapped in gold foil and tied with a red ribbon.
She wove the four coloured strands together into a ribbon.
The term ‘awards’ is an all-inclusive term covering any decoration, medal, badge, ribbon, or appurtenance bestowed on an individual or unit.
All those chimney sweeps and ribbon girls, ragmen and hook-nosed Jews, bricklayers and Highland warriors, Turkish dancers and London match girls? The Terror
Samara was wearing an ensemble of a black velvet tube & chiffon dress with a huge light pink ribbon around her waist.
This ribbon does not match with my hat.
It was harder to ride than my own old-fashioned bike, which had big wheels and a beribboned basket. The Dark Side of Innocence
The first continuous process involved squeezing a ribbon of molten glass through two hot rollers, similar to an old mangle.
Speaking generally, the most common state of things in these flowers was the occurrence on the throat of the calyx, in the position ordinarily occupied by the stamens, and sometimes mingled with those organs, of twisted, ribbon-like filaments, which bore about the centre one or more pendulous, anatropous ovules on their margins. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
My hair was piled high in curls and a narrow ribbon was tied round my long and slender neck. Consuelo & Alva: Love and Power in the Gilded Age
By cling film wrap, on the carton yard, bear with ribbon bows.
I covered the scroll in sealing wax, and affixed a red ribbon.
With its vast red ribbon and handmade card, it had transformed the garage into something quite magical.
Clearly, this new interface, dubbed the MenuTab by Zoho, was inspired by Microsoft's Ribbon interface, which is slowly becoming the standard interface paradigm for Microsoft applications.
The constellations wheel around us, ribbons of nebula drift into view, scintillate and are left behind.
Handpick some dandelions. They can be pretty when tied in a bunch with a ribbon.
Material: Goat leather upper, pig leather lining, fabric ribbon, rubber outsole.
A pink ribbon had been tied around the crown of the hat.
Then there was the saloon-keeper's collared and ribboned ratter, which got an extra lump because the 'barkeep' was liberal; and the rounds-man's Cat, that brought no cash, but got unusual consideration because the meat-man did. Animal Heroes
A cot swathed in draperies and blue ribbon stood isolated in a corner.
Getting used to the ribbon is the main user complaint, but once past that it's not so bad. Office 2010 Builds Hit BitTorrent, Features Win 7 Taskbar Integration | Lifehacker Australia
Dressed in a skirt from the sewing room and a twinset that the matron had bought, and with a red ribbon threaded through her already graying hair, Naida waited for the car.
The accordion player played for the children as they wound their colourful ribbons round the maypole.
Mrs. Haines stood nearby, holding scissors to cut a ribbon.
But ribbons are not only ideal for wrapping presents - household furnishings can be instantly revived with rich braids.
There was one gown that looked almost large enough, but it was trimmed with lace and ribbons.
This comes after years of changing ribbons and adding toner ink to reservoirs within the computer.
Among these fishes the carangids and the ribbon fishes could be effectively utilised for surimi production in our country.
Also there were all Rose's queer black sheep who yielded meekly to her ribbon-wreathed crook, though they "butted" against George's methods. The Guests Of Hercules
They ceremoniously cut a piece of ribbon, declaring the exhibition open.
And then there's food - glorious food - tables groaning with breads, pies, fruitcakes and dainty sweets wrapped with red and green ribbon.
She plucked at the ribbon trim on her pillowcase and didn't reply.
Without bothering to dry her hair she loosely braided it and tied a black ribbon at the bottom.
After a buffet for all the sales and administration staff, Lawrence Rudden, branch manager, performed the ribbon cutting ceremony.
Thousands of pieces of floating debris stretched for 10 miles like a ribbon of confetti on the water.
Floral artists form perfect nosegays with bundled stems wrapped and tied in raffia ribbons.
Ribbons of amber laced themselves about the coals, and throbbed with a dim light.
For example, they are used to provide the black color in inks, pigments, rubber tires, stove polish, typewriter ribbons, and phonograph records.

How To Use Ribbon In A Sentence

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