How to Use red ribbon in a Sentence

red ribbon

noun
  • Dress up the wine chiller with a red ribbon and fresh greenery.
    — Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Each can is wrapped with a red ribbon to give it that final touch.
    — Morgan Raum, PEOPLE.com, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Around his neck hangs a pink coral angel from a dark red ribbon).
    — Concita De Gregorio, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2023
  • Her tree this year is a single pinecone with a red ribbon tied around it.
    — Megan Marples, CNN, 8 Dec. 2021
  • It was set with a plate, a candle and a vase tied with a red ribbon.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022
  • It was set with a plate, a candle, and a vase tied with a red ribbon.
    — María Luisa Paúl, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Find a headstone and place the wreath at each one with the red ribbon at the top.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2022
  • But the next day, on my desk was a big, wooden box with a red ribbon on top of it.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Trees and poles surrounding the church were wrapped in red ribbon.
    — Elyssa Cherney, chicagotribune.com, 3 June 2018
  • Most of them wear their hair pulled back into a ponytail tied with a red ribbon.
    — Michelle Matthews | [email protected], al, 7 Aug. 2019
  • His body was found next to his car in which a bright red ribbon was tied around the rear-view mirror.
    — Mary Zahn and Bill Janz, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Pair it with red ribbon or baker's twine for a neutral farmhouse look.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Adorn it with tasty treats by stapling red ribbon to ears of field corn and hanging them from the branches.
    — Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Wrap this in a red ribbon and these chocolate waffles will appear before you in no time.
    — Elaheh Nozari, Bon Appetit, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Video of white gifts adorned with silver and red ribbons formed a 7-second montage.
    — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The social media video showed hands unwrapping a box with a red ribbon.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The photo was the gift his mother had dropped by earlier that evening, a red ribbon tied around the frame.
    — Greg Borowski, jsonline.com, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Late in the show, five gigantic red ribbons drop from the rafters, and remain for the length of a number.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Catherine Barry passed out scrolls tied with red ribbon, which were copies of cookie recipes.
    — Cathy Trawinski, chicagotribune.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Yet politicians can’t resist the allure of getting out the big scissors to cut the red ribbon.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
  • That medal — a gold disk on a red ribbon — is no longer bestowed, but the fire department was able to find one in storage.
    — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Up ahead, Amal’s long brown hair swayed in the breeze, adorned with a bright red ribbon that was a beacon for those farther back.
    — Laura Collins-Hughes Amir Hamja, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Loretta dressed Alana in a new white, preemie-sized lace dress with red ribbons, matching bloomers and fuzzy white socks.
    — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2017
  • As in past years, a giant red ribbon has been hung on the north portico of the White House.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Adorned with a red ribbon and holly, this glittery deer stares up at the sky, as if waiting for the big guy to arrive in his sleigh.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Replicate her trademark look with a Nike bodysuit, black leggings, and a red ribbon for your waist.
    — Kia Goosby, Seventeen, 15 June 2023
  • It's made by weaving nine strands of rope ($5, Joann) with red ribbon then hot-gluing the braid to a flat wreath form.
    — Kim Hutchison and Jessica Thomas, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2021
  • After the speech, the crowd moved to the entrance of the town hall, where there was a red carpet, a red ribbon, and a glittery gold sphere.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2019
  • There’s a picture of me, not quite a year old, in a blue sailor suit and a red ribbon tied around my neck, staring avidly at a picture book.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The wreaths above the creative works of art are also decorated with red ribbons made of Lego.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025

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