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
“For that, we added lots of swallow-tailed ribbons for an extra pop of color … underneath all the tinsel which is Zooey’s absolute favorite!” he added.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025
"We bring in a few mince pies, the site offices might have a bit of tinsel around," he says.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 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
But then she put on three boxes of tinsel, one strand at a time, so that the entire tree was under a silver veil.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
Vocabulary lists containing tinsel
Joy To The Word: Christmas Terms
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