spangle

It fits down to the last spangle on the jumpsuit of every self-respecting wannabe Elvis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2023

It was always the cat eye in high-wattage spangle.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2023

Saturn has more than 60 moons, but a handful of them do more than spangle the planet’s skies.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2019

The cartoonlike “action” lines that animate the cat direct your eye toward a spangle of geometric shapes the passer-by has scattered to the ground to stir up some feline hunting instinct.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2017

I just stood on the balcony, looking up at the night sky, at the crook of the moon, at the spangle of stars—each one in its proper place.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz

Many were wearing their own sequins and spangles, sparkling spectacles, top hats, feather boas, and in a few cases, Donald Duck suits, representing stages of John’s 55-year career.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2022

Fairgoers of all ages had spangles applied to their faces by a person claiming to be “Alaska’s first-ever glitter artist.”

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2022

He also towers and sashays most impressively in heels and spangles, and the crowd treated him as if he were a Bette in the making.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2017

I loved his mad energy and repeat the response I made at the time: quibbling about it is like objecting to the mis-aligned spangles on the costume of a someone who is juggling double-decker buses.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2017

She is one of Prospero’s attendant spirits in The Tempest, and has to wear a body stocking, with a gauzy costume over top, sprinkled with dried leaves and spangles.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Joining her were six-piece girl group Katseye, playing their love-it-or-hate-it viral hit Gnarly; and New York indie artist Sombr, sporting a spangled jumpsuit for his rendition of 12 to 12.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

From the 1930s to the 1950s, the group blazed a spangled, sparkling path that plenty of country acts would later follow.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

Ami, who had a schedule spangled with honors classes, now expects to repeat the ninth grade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2022

Living across the street from the forested ravine where Interstate 66 was eventually built, I could marvel at a night sky spangled with stars whenever I wanted to.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022

Tendai was amazed to find the sky black and spangled with stars.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

In addition to spangling the garden with colorful blooms beginning in late winter, native annuals are an ecological powerhouse.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2023

Finely cut leaves of Japanese maples dangled spangling drops.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

The occasional onscreen spangling of the images with onomatopoeias and impact-sparks provides reminders of Spider-Man’s vintage hand-drawn comic-book origins.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 29, 2018

The Maromandia Damba is a beautiful vertically barred fish with vivid red spangling on the flank.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2011

Staring up through the ragged branches of the acacia to the stars, spangling the dark sky, he could see only the kindly face of Rekh the goldsmith rising before him in reproach.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw