ribbon

Definition:
1. A narrow strip of material, used to tie things or for decoration.
2. Something that is long and narrow in shape.
3. A long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter.

Use 'ribbon' in a sentence:

• 1. She wore a band of ribbon in her hair.
• 2. Dad handed me a big box wrapped in gold foil and tied with a red ribbon.
• 3. The UI for applying styles – galleries in the ribbon – is a big step forward.
• 4. The little flower itself is a narrow tube, one side of which grows out into a long yellow ribbon.
• 5. When the ribbons were taken away, they were surprised to see a huge board between them.
• 6. Inspection technology allows more than 100 million measurements a second to be made across the ribbon, locating flaws the unaided eye would be unable to see.
• 7. He even wore a necktie, a bright bit of ribbon.
• 8. You will need: one piece of heavy colored paper, five ribbons, strong tape, a string, a pencil.
• 9. That ribbon doesn't tie well.
• 10. This is a photograph of a tartan ribbon.
• 11. A czarina saw a muzhik trying on her imperial son's blue ribbon.
• 12. Her hair was interlaced with ribbons and flowers.
• 13. Each of them had left a shred of ribbon pinned to his clothing, in token of remembrance.
• 14. Put a ribbon through each of the holes.
• 15. Desire lines ( or "natural desire lines," as they're also called) are those well-worn ribbons of dirt that you see cutting across a patch2 of grass, often with nearby sidewalks--particularly those that offer a less direct route--ignored.
• 16. She wears a ribbon belt round her waist.
• 17. Is there a white ribbon?
• 18. Mrs. Thatcher recognized the ribbon and cried over it.
• 19. All the samples were taken from a centimeter-long, extremely thin ribbon of the metallic glass.
• 20. The first prize gets a blue ribbon.
• 21. Draped with coloured ribbons, the young girls danced gracefully on the grass.
• 22. I see not one white ribbon, but many.
• 23. In 1964, Knight and Bowerman contributed $500 each to from Blue Ribbon Sports, the predecessor of Nike.
• 24. What's going to hold this ribbon up and keep it reach enough to support an elevator car?
• 25. We decorated our car with ribbon.
• 26. I covered the scroll in sealing wax, and affixed a red ribbon.
• 27. It had a red ribbon around its neck.
• 28. The bar which I used was too big, with a ribbon on it.
• 29. The mayor was present and cut the ribbon for the exhibition.
• 30. S ribbon is fairly subtle.
• 31. Every time I use it, the ribbon falls out.
• 32. There, huddled in the farthest corner of the shower, quivered an eight-week-old piglet with a bright red ribbon tied around his neck.
• 33. The first continuous ribbon process involved squeezing molten glass through two hot rollers, similar to an old mangle.
• 34. The second best receives a red ribbon ， and the third best gets a green one.
• 35. They ceremoniously cut a piece of ribbon, declaring the exhibition open.
• 36. Their parents covered the girls' eyes with black ribbons, and brought them to the dining room.
• 37. Development and Manufacture of Fiber Ribbon using 250 μ m Normal Fiber.
• 38. Wear a green ribbon and show your respect to the quake victims!
• 39. Tie all your letters together with a ribbon.
• 40. You could actually draw out a 36,000-kilometer strand or ribbon of nanotubes stronger than steel, but maybe a thousandth the thickness of a human hair.
• 41. Occasionally, a bubble is not removed during refining, a sand grain refuses to melt, a tremor in the tin puts ripples into the glass ribbon.
• 42. If you're making your own bouquet, wrap your flowers in a matching ribbon or bow.
• 43. Ribbon developments extended along the main road.
• 44. Make a Mobius strip out of a ribbon of mild steel and magnetise it.
• 45. Add a length of ribbon tied in a bow.
• 46. A bluish ribbon of light stretching from left to right across the picture might be a knot of gas ejected by the supernova.
• 47. He bore no badge of mourning but a knot of purple ribbon on his shoulder.
• 48. It sells everything from hair ribbons to oriental rugs.
• 49. The road was a ribbon of moonlight.
• 50. Mrs. Haines stood nearby, holding scissors to cut a ribbon.
• 51. She wore a checkered jumper and had ribbons in her hair.
• 52. She was wearing two blue silk ribbons in her hair.
• 53. The silk ribbon will stop the lightning from passing through his body.
• 54. She had tied back her hair with a peach satin ribbon.