How to Use spangle in a Sentence

spangle

1 of 2 noun

• The scrim of daytime sky gives way to a bright spangle of stars.
  — Richard Conniff, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
• The bright spangle to the left of the image is the planet Venus.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2026
• The sky is coated with blue lacquer, and silver spangles represent the stars.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2023
• Bandit grew up with the idea that femininity meant fashion, spangles, performance.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2023
• The eruption will signal the moment two stars locked in a cosmic dance have merged, exploding into a red nova that will briefly give Cygnus an extra stellar spangle.
  — Nadia Drake, National Geographic, 6 Jan. 2017
• It was also embroidered with gilt metal thread, wire, and spangles by the folks at Edward Stillwell & Company.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 May 2023
• Equally head turning were the washes of holographic pigment on the lids at Stella Jean and the spangles of tiny sequins tapped onto the nude pouts at Shrimps.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2017
• Towering saguaro cactuses are collapsing from the heat, and the agaves, creosote bushes and stubby barrel cactuses that spangle highways are turning yellow.
  — Jack Healy, New York Times, 31 July 2023
• Towering saguaro cactuses are collapsing from the heat, and the agaves, creosote bushes, and stubby barrel cactuses that spangle highways are turning yellow.
  — Jack Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023
• Mary Lattimore’s harp spangles the background, while Camille Getz drags her violin across the track, a clever acoustic rendering of a classic shoegaze guitar squeal.
  — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 11 Mar. 2026
• Somewhere in the South Pacific, there are women dressed in sequins, spangles and rhinestones, Katz said, as the audience erupted with applause and delight.
  — Lynne Terry, OregonLive.com, 28 Jan. 2018
• Fire-Toolz’s hyperbaric production fills watertight songs with astral space that helps White-Gluz’s guitars and vocals levitate, as disparate fragments of indie-pop melody, My Bloody Valentine spangle, and a few Paul Oakenfold action beats conspire in spectacular fashion.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2025

spangle

2 of 2 verb

• The fur was oddly erect, as if from static, and spangled with rain.
  — Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
• The show opened with a minidress spangled with images of a ruby-red mouth and fingernails.
  — Jennifer Weil, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
• The undersea scenes are full of bright reds and pinks spangled onto a banner of crystal blues and greens.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 5 Oct. 2018
• Ready your BBQs, break out your star spangled flip flops, and dust off your boogie boards, folks.
  — refinery29.com, 2 July 2018
• In its place, the landscape turns to gently undulating hills spangled with cows or draped with vineyards.
  — Alissa Greenberg, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
• Lebanon's cheerleaders honored Pickett by pinning thin blue ribbons to their black, white and gold spangled cheer tops.
  — Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2018
• Brighten your door with this patriotic 16-inch wreath made of red, white and blue wood curls resembling rose buds spangled with stars.
  — Kathy Passero, al, 15 May 2020
• Pangkor's east coast is spangled by stilt houses in old-fashioned kampong villages, where fishing and boat-building are still the main occupations.
  — Joe Yogerst, CNN, 11 May 2017
• Built in 1891, the historic structure fronts a riverside garden area spangled with small hot spring pools and comfy lounge areas.
  — Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• Lording over the merry panoply is the Christmas tree, spangled with lights, ornaments, tinsel and crowned by a shimmering star.
  — George Ball, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2017
• One of Türkiye’s most spectacular nature areas, the park is spangled with jagged granite peaks and more than 100 small glacial lakes.
  — Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• Independence Day weekend is a fantastic excuse to have a cookout with friends and enjoy some star spangled cocktails.
  — Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
• Moldings of spring flowers spangle the wall to the left of the entryway, representing the more volatile top notes, while bronze work connotes middle notes and travertine, base notes.
  — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
• The artwork is surrounded by a plain white section on three sides and a black rectangle spangled with white crosses, which might have indicated the threshold of a doorway.
  — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
• Star-spangled in red, white, and blue, these lanterns, garlands, and more are both thematically appropriate and positively chic.
  — Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 29 June 2017
• Vinyl Tablecloth No matter the size of your table, ALDI has a star spangled tablecloth to fit.
  — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
• There were romantic asymmetric gowns with trains, spangled looks for men and women that took the kira-kira-effect to the next level, and hyperbolic tailoring.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2019
• Some of the twinkling stars that spangle Earth’s skies are relics from the earliest beginnings of the Milky Way galaxy, astronomers have discovered.
  — Nadia Drake, National Geographic, 22 July 2019
• An Uzbek eatery offers fragrant meat dumplings along with a generous helping of post-Soviet kitsch in the form of glittering gold lamé tablecloths and spangled voile curtains.
  — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
• That also spangles the packaging of the Terracotta Marmo Sun bronzing powder, in three shades, with a fabric zip pouch.
  — Jennifer Weil, WWD, 30 July 2024
• The California spangled cat was bred in the 1980s as a sort of salute to leopards that were slaughtered in their natural environment.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2017
• After dinner, the captain, crew, and willing passengers bring out guitars, fiddles, harmonicas, banjos — one boat even has a piano aboard – and sing and play until the stars spangle the night sky.
  — Margie Goldsmith, Forbes, 24 May 2021
• Visitors flock to the farm to stroll boardwalks through native bushland and fields spangled with wildflowers, stopping at lookouts perched high above the Great Southern Ocean.
  — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 16 Oct. 2019
• Adding both dimension and playfulness, MUAs are spangling the area around the eyes, then adding even more embellishment with glitter, sequins, and stickers.
  — Kelsi Zimmerman, Marie Claire, 23 May 2017
• While hoatzins are a particular highlight, the region also plays host to eye-catching species like the scarlet macaw and spangled cotinga, while resident mammals range from the pygmy marmoset to the giant river otter.
  — Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
• But not from Russia or China, as the White House now contends in its effort to sell its vision for Greenland’s future under the star spangled banner.
  — Barry Scott Zellen, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2026
• The Geminid meteor shower will spangle the sky the night before, and a special alignment of Jupiter and Saturn a week later will complete a rare space nerd trifecta.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 28 Dec. 2019
• Modernizing Presley's iconic towering mane, Collins fastened on a puffy white headband and spangled her voluminous crown with delicate florals in lieu of a veil.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 7 May 2019
• Its faded and dusty mansions are spangled with Italian marble floors, Mudéjar ceilings, and the fanciest European furniture of the day, now wracked by termites.
  — Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024