How to Use roundel in a Sentence

roundel

noun
  • But when and why the roundel was added remain points of contention.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2020
  • So far researchers have been able to excavate much of the roundel itself.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The right side of the helmets and the shoulders of the jerseys display the roundel.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 11 Dec. 2021
  • One of the most important details of the painting is the roundel that the young man holds.
    — Town & Country, 21 Jan. 2021
  • This suggests that the front will be adorned with BMW’s trademark roundel.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Some of us are even learning to drive like Europeans thanks to Young’s challenging roundel.
    — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Dukec’s team has also used tech to make BMW’s roundel more efficient, at least from a cost point of view.
    — Alex Goy, WIRED, 2 Sep. 2023
  • This newest roundel was discovered in Vinoř, a district in Prague.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The popular roundel crest has been eschewed in favor of a pennant-style shield, which is actually a nod to the shape of the Ohio state flag.
    — Demetrius Bell, Forbes, 10 May 2021
  • The fighters, bare metal with a red and black roundel painted on the tail, were the pride of the Albanian Air Force.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 Apr. 2019
  • One iconic roundel is the Goseck Circle, an ancient observatory found in Germany.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 28 Sep. 2022
  • There’s nothing wrong with the roundel on Dylan’s forehead, of course, or with the other circles that the designer Martin Sharp used to depict the musician’s hair.
    — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The new emblem—inspired by the classic BMW Motorsport logo—will replace the standard blue and white roundel on the vehicle's front and rear and on the wheel hubs.
    — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 27 Nov. 2021
  • The mosque years also show themselves in the bold flowing lines of Arabic calligraphy on hanging roundels near the second level and in the beautiful marble mihrab, indicating the direction of Mecca.
    — National Geographic, 22 Mar. 2019
  • Botticelli painted the noble sitter but the roundel — a circular disc used as a symbol — depicts a saint and is an original 14th-century work attributed to the Sienese painter Bartolommeo Bulgarini.
    — Mark Kennedy, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2020

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