ribbon

[ˈrɪbən]

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.

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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.