red ribbon
a badge, banner, rosette, or the like made of red-colored ribbon or other material and used to signify the achievement of second place, as in a contest.
Origin of red ribbon
1- Compare blue ribbon.
Words Nearby red ribbon
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How to use red ribbon in a sentence
A few scenes later, Julie has handed out copies of her screenplay to the film program advisers, tied with bits of red ribbon.
It disrupts the pattern a bit, these blue and red ribbons, but there’s a way to deal with them.
How state presidential voting has evolved over the past century, in one chart | Philip Bump | August 24, 2021 | Washington PostMy favorite low-grade Kim endorsement deal is a Charmin toilet paper event where Kim cut a red ribbon outside of a bathroom.
Among those displaying a red ribbon on his label at the Tony Awards broadcast was actor Jeremy Irons, who was one of the hosts.
Patrick O’Connell, acclaimed AIDS activist, dies at 67 | Lou Chibbaro Jr. | May 5, 2021 | Washington BladeThose who knew McConnell said he also arranged for his team of volunteers to call Broadway theaters and producers of the upcoming Tony Awards television broadcast to have participants and theater goers display the red ribbons on their clothes.
Patrick O’Connell, acclaimed AIDS activist, dies at 67 | Lou Chibbaro Jr. | May 5, 2021 | Washington Blade
Rita felt sure that Dic would come to see Tom that evening, and the red ribbon was in evidence soon after supper.
A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties | Charles MajorThe Government cannot fail to reward with a bit of red ribbon so disinterested, so philanthropic a devotion.
The Nabob | Alphonse DaudetBefore him stood his aunt in a nightcap adorned with a broad red ribbon, and in a white dressing-jacket.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems | Ivan TurgenevAfterward, he noticed that his grandfather always wore a little red ribbon in his buttonhole.
Heroes of To-Day | Mary R. ParkmanThe young ladies were all in dark blue dresses, touched up with a red ribbon here and there, and wore light straw hats.
A Mortal Antipathy | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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