tinsel
Example Sentences
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Just 30 minutes later, his key worker Cookson put him down again for a second sleep in the afternoon, placing him inside a small teepee that was decorated in tinsel for Christmas.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
“The task was to create the tree, but make it different. So, you still love the tinsel, still love the colorful balls, and you still want lots of light,” Brown said.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025
"There wasn't necessarily a massive amount of choice, but the choice was for these kind of bright space age tinsel decorations... the majority from Hong Kong," says Lucy, 45, from Birmingham.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025
Griffiths doesn’t fight against the formula, he just takes our expectations for every scene and gingers them up a little, the movie version of a cozy sweater threaded with tinsel.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025
By the time the two of them finished trimming it — their tree-trimming instincts having languished for so many Christmases — hardly a pine needle could be seen under the tinsel and balls and whatnot.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
Vocabulary lists containing tinsel
Joy To The Word: Christmas Terms
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