ribbon

Example Sentences

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As the outer masses attracted the inner ones, the torsion balance rotated and twisted the ribbon.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Airport workers in vests waved Venezuelan flags as officials and airline executives cut a ribbon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The Old Course opened in 2012 and the US president cut the ribbon on the New Course during his four-day private visit to Scotland last summer.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

The Algodones Dunes stretch toward the horizon in pale, wind-sculpted ridges, a narrow ribbon of shifting terrain running south into Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

She’d trimmed her straw hat with a ribbon of funeral purple.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck