How to Use braided in a Sentence

braided

adjective
  • The dessert menu is even shorter with only two choices: tiramisu or a braided babka roll for two.
    Nicole Trilivas, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The small hill on which my childhood home stood was once part of this bigger formation, sediment deposited over hundreds of thousands of years by a braided river that had flowed in the Pleistocene.
    Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
  • One of them wears a key around her neck on a loop of braided cloth.
    Joy Williams, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The actor isn't the first to sport a braided look like this in recent months.
    Michella Oré, Allure, 15 Dec. 2021
  • But our favorite part has to be the braided cloth cord.
    Cosmo Girl, Seventeen, 27 July 2011
  • After that, pin the braided ends of the French braids with bobby pins.
    Anna Bader, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The braided attributes are also a signal to the bond and friendship of the trio.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 5 June 2024
  • What's cool is the shoe upper is made from braided cord that doesn't rub and keeps your feet nice and cool.
    Mike Richard, menshealth.com, 11 May 2023
  • It’s made of a coconut and beeswax blend with a braided cotton wick.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The cologne comes in a bright teal-colored bottle that is wrapped with braided straw.
    Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Trout have great eyesight, and braided line can spook them.
    Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
  • Her hair was pulled back in braided pigtails with a pair of dangling, tight braids along the side of her face.
    EW.com, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Looking ahead, Ghogho hopes to try even more braided styles.
    Akili King, Vogue, 13 July 2021
  • For braided line, add a piece of electrical tape to the arbor to keep the line from slipping.
    Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The team also got rid of the cheerleaders' black braided wigs.
    Ian Shapira and Ann E. Marimow, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2017
  • The braided, tropical plant should be watered about once a week or when the soil feels dry to touch.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Made with braided yarn, these large webs can be reused year after year.
    Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The sun hits the windows, painting her braided hair a dozen colors.
    Seija Rankin, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • One deputy holds Otieno’s head still by grabbing his braided hair.
    Zenebou Sylla, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The fun, braided straps have a puffy cushioned feel and the square toe lets your feet stretch out, which will come in handy in case of summer swelling.
    Sanah Faroke, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
  • The braided tree trunk sets it apart from other options.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 22 July 2022
  • Around his neck is a braided rope gold chain with a black coach’s whistle attached.
    Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The other slipped a braided bedsheet around his neck and tightened it.
    Jason Pohl, ProPublica, 20 July 2019
  • Leading the parade was a trans man on stilts, wearing a hot-pink two-piece hoop skirt and a long, braided beard.
    Rae Garringer, Them, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The braided ropes come apart at the seams as the strands of gluten stretch and tear, and the steam still inside the bread rises above the table like an offering.
    Benjamin, Longreads, 20 May 2022
  • But the braided version of the band is a different story.
    Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 5 June 2021
  • This Kingdom Blue maxi dress is the perfect dress to take from day to night with its braided halter ties and belt.
    Joanie Cox Henry, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 May 2017
  • The pic featured Kim in a strange mummy-like white dress with no sleeves to speak of and sported her then-blonde hair in a braided style.
    Kara Nesvig, Teen Vogue, 3 Mar. 2020
  • It is made of 100% raffia and has a durable, yet soft, braided detail throughout.
    Katie Dubow, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2023
  • The story of Barbara, Ruth, and Ali isn’t a family narrative merely set within the climate crisis — the two stories are in fact one and the same, braided and fused.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024

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