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ribbons

noun as in narrow strip of material

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Example Sentences

It jettisons jiggling ribbons of joy to every part of my body.

Today the church is wrapped in scaffolding and metal ribbons are holding its façade in place until someone pays to repair it.

Free food and excellent shooting aside, what, really, could be worse than a lifetime cutting ribbons at concrete factories?

Inside, cabinets of bones three rows high are concealed by curtains pinned with ribbons and handwritten messages.

Three were unadorned; one bore a wreath, red ribbons, and a name: Adolf Hitler.

Mary is fair as the morning dew— Cheeks of roses and ribbons of blue!

She carried in her hands a thin handkerchief, which she tore into ribbons, rolled into a ball, and flung from her.

I have a big scheme on hand, and want to be on the field proper to pull the ropes and handle the ribbons.

Let the coiffure be of flowers or ribbons, never feathers, and but very little jewelry is becoming to an unmarried lady.

Others made a small opening in their skin, and drew out of it yards of thread, silk cord, and narrow ribbons.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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