How to Use tinsel in a Sentence

tinsel

noun

• I like to decorate the Christmas tree with tinsel.
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024