How to Use trefoil in a Sentence
trefoil
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In the trefoil knot field, each line wraps twice around the perimeter of the torus and three times through the center.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2013
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But the cyanide-making genes of the trefoil and the moth take these disparities to a whole new level.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2011
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The trefoil also appeared on big travel bags, and as a print on trousers.
—Colleen Barry, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2022
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The three-crossing knot known as the trefoil is tricolorable.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 June 2020
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The shoe mixes a retro feel (with the old school Adidas trefoil logo and three stripes) with the high-end design of Gucci.
—Jane Hanson, Forbes, 28 June 2022
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The steel-and-cement trefoil exploding from the earth resembles the Capitol from the Hunger Games films.
—Amy Tara Koch, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2019
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These sights, sounds and smells informed the imagery found in her jewelry: swords, shields, amulets and trefoils.
—Nancy Bilyeau, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2017
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On the formal side, leather bowling bags and suede loafers come down to earth with Adidas's three-stripe motif or its trefoil stamp.
—Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 June 2022
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The Adidas 3-stripe logo is featured along the sleeves and paired with a trefoil design for an extra burst of color.
—Ellen McAlpine, CNN Underscored, 6 Oct. 2020
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On luggage, the Trefoil was joined by the Gucci logo spelled backwards, while the horsebit crossbody and tote were decked out in an allover trefoil print.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 10 May 2022
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This kids’ take on the iconic Adidas trefoil logo cap is cool and practical, thanks to a brim that shields little eyes from the sun.
—Krystin Arneson, CNN Underscored, 8 July 2020
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A four-leaf clover, on the other hand, is a mutation of the trefoil plant that superstitious people believe carries good luck.
—Scott Christian, Esquire, 10 Mar. 2017
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The classic white sneak features a Gucci trefoil print, Adidas’ classic three stripes and the GG monogram for a hybrid, timeless design.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022
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For example, combining a simple knot known as the trefoil with its mirror image produces a square knot.
—Quanta Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
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One element would be the simplest knot, called a trefoil, another a figure-eight knot, and so on—and none could transform into another.
—Natalie Wolchover, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2013
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One element would be the simplest knot, called a trefoil, another a figure-eight knot, and so on — and none could transform into another.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2013
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More complicated knots include the trefoil and the figure eight, in which the string crosses over and under itself some number of times before its ends join together.
—Quanta Magazine, 16 June 2022
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Stylebeat discusses quatrefoil and trefoil motifs and shares some favorite finds from the High Point market.
—House Beautiful, 8 Apr. 2012
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The latest inexplicable fad has young teens building collections of the palm-sized trefoils.
—Susan Steade, The Mercury News, 11 May 2017
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The collaboration included men’s suits in track-worthy shades of royal blue and purple with the adidas stripes down the sleeves and trousers and Gucci written under sports brand’s trefoil.
—Colleen Barry, ajc, 26 Feb. 2022
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The collaboration included men's suits in track-worthy shades of royal blue and purple with the Adidas stripes down the sleeves and trousers and Gucci written under sports brand's trefoil.
—Colleen Barry, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2022
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Both are squared off towers that rise in four sections, and both are decorated with similar elements, such as trefoil arches.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2021
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There’s the traditional track jacket and pant combo, as well an option made with matching shorts, cut from both ’70s style graphic prints and a version of Gucci’s monogram canvas styled to include the Adidas trefoil.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 10 May 2022
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Among them: the rose window, the trefoil arch, as well as sophisticated dome construction and stained glass fabrication techniques — not to mention the minaret, which was likely repurposed as a bell tower by Christians.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2021
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The trefoil uses three genes to convert these harmless starter chemicals into their deadlier descendants.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2011
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Earlier this year, Irvine’s team used water displacing objects called hydrofoils, created through 3-D printing, to fashion a trefoil knot out of a water vortex—the first vortex knot ever created in the lab.
—Natalie Wolchover, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2013
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Wax current shrubs, prickly poppies, globe mallow, rare Graham’s tick-trefoil and the ubiquitous sunflowers sprout from seemingly inhospitable volcanic scree.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2020
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