How to Use tinsel in a Sentence

tinsel

noun
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  • He's not attracted to the tinsel and glitter of Hollywood.
  • Hair tinsel keeps getting more and more love by the minute.
    — Sara Miranda, Allure, 4 Jan. 2022
  • After a brief resurgence in the '80s, the tinsel trend is back again in full force.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The rapper's hair tinsel is very much in alignment with the times.
    — Sara Miranda, Allure, 10 Feb. 2022
  • After all, those are the kinds of dreams that brought all of us to this crazy town of tinsel to begin with!
    — Fake Carol, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Go all out with the decor and cover your walls floor to ceiling with tinsel.
    — Sunset Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Located on the lawn, it was decked out with pink tinsel and a light-up floor.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 2 July 2023
  • The trees must be free of ornaments, hooks, tinsel and tree stands.
    — USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2019
  • By the 1870s, the art of tinsel painting migrated to the United States.
    — Lyndi McNulty, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Only the tinsel body isn’t covered by fish and game laws.
    — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2020
  • One post was a short video that revealed the bright green side was full of shimmery hair tinsel.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Hold on to your tinsel and pull down your Santa hat, this is going to be a stormy day!
    — Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2020
  • The stems are also available in red tinsel for a pop of color.
    — Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2023
  • White appears in the visual as a bar singer, sitting in a stool on the venue’s stage dripping with tinsel.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2022
  • No tinsel: Sorry guys, but cats love frilly, shiny things.
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 20 Dec. 2019
  • If all goes to plan, a family will take the tree home and adorn it with lights, ornaments and tinsel.
    — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021
  • On the face of it, tinsel town’s women seem braver than their male counterparts off-screen.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The model's dark brunette color and super-sleek style is so shiny, the tinsel is jealous.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Add a sparkly glow to your front door display with the three tinsel present boxes that come pre-lit with 60 LED lights.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Faking Christmas sparkles with more wit and whimsy than a piece of tinsel.
    — EW.com, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Dress up desserts or drinks with festive tinsel toppers that look like sparklers.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 28 Nov. 2022
  • To go all out and enjoy the spirit of the season, adorn your nails with tiny trails of tinsel or delicate snowflakes.
    — Georgia Day, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Trees should be clean of all ornaments, lights and tinsel before they are dropped off.
    — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 29 Dec. 2022
  • From easy-breezy waves to Insta-ready bows and a tinsel ponytail (!!), read on for the coolest New Year's hairstyles to try this year.
    — Glamour, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Will tinsel and a mirror ball be part of the experience?
    — Joy Ashford, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2022
  • Set one up in a window or door frame, and tie on some tinsel to make a shimmering room divider.
    — Claire Hoppe, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Some families even gathered it from the ground and used it as tinsel for their Christmas trees.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 13 Feb. 2023
  • But Katy Perry just gave the look a major status boost with a Vegas-style take on hair tinsel.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 1 Dec. 2021
  • On Wednesday, the Kylie Cosmetics founder shared a glimpse at one of her home’s Christmas trees, and this one was covered in a very divisive holiday decoration: tinsel.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Every day before the beans are served, Sterling, 45, tastes them, topped with a tinsel of fried rosemary and sage; a shower of Piave, a salty cheese not unlike a young Parmigiano-Reggiano; and a flourish of peppery olive oil and peppy black pepper.
    — Eric Kim, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2024

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