How to Use bunting in a Sentence

bunting

noun
  • The grass was freshly mowed, bunting flapped in a light breeze and the seats were washed and polished.
    Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Trends have changed and so has the dependence on bunting.
    Randy Jennings, Dallas News, 20 June 2021
  • Her blonde curls bob between rows of Ramadan bunting, as the yellow glow of the sun marks the first day of the holy month.
    Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Colorado: Lark bunting The lark bunting is Colorado's state bird.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • Whole streets have sprouted canopies of banners and bunting.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • They have been decorated with red-and-green bunting, the colors of the Wales team.
    Jonathan Clegg, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Put some bunting up with an October chill in the air and emotions get charged.
    BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • There is no stepping out of the batter’s box, mound visits, bunting — or walks.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The playoff logos were painted on the field and bunting wafted from the concourse.
    Dan Gelston, ajc, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Choate’s body was hanged over the balcony of the courthouse with the patriotic bunting.
    Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2023
  • The specimens include the one and only Townsend’s bunting.
    Kate Sayers, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2021
  • The bunting is up and the crown jewels are being polished to perfection.
    Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The bunting from Etsy is a bit of not-so-subtle messaging.
    Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The balloons and bunting were still up from her son’s first birthday a few days earlier.
    Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Nationwide, the red, white and blue bunting are up, and the trifles are setting in the bespoke Jubilee fridges.
    Michaela Makusha, refinery29.com, 2 June 2022
  • Traditional, red-white-and-blue bunting was draped over the front of the second deck, and also near both foul poles.
    Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 29 Sep. 2020
  • The castle will also be adorned with platinum banners and bunting.
    Megan Dubois, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The entire installation is trimmed with red, white and blue bunting.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Of course, for some players — like the speedy, bunting, menace-on-the-bases Friedl — their thoughts on large bases may largely depend on their own skillset.
    Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 11 June 2021
  • This was maybe November, but Carroll had spent the day focused on bunting.
    Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Nearby containers were draped with red, white and blue bunting.
    Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • So for a short stint in batting practice Monday, the two set aside mighty swings for a quick seminar in bunting.
    Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022
  • Rules include a two-hour time limit, no stepping out of the batter's box, no bunting, no walks, and foul balls caught by fans are outs.
    Nathan Dominitz, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Five hundred girls from across Missouri arrive to campus amid the red, white and blue bunting and crepe-paper rolls.
    Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
  • But by the time Schwarber batted in the eighth, the NL’s home run leader was reduced to bunting, trying for a hit to stir a dormant Phillies offense.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Nov. 2022
  • But by the time Schwarber batted in the eighth, the NL's home run leader was reduced to bunting, trying for a hit to stir a dormant Phillies offense.
    Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Before his departure, the baseball lifer taught Hill about the nuances of bunting.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2022
  • Those came in handy, because there was plenty to see, from the bunting and 400 American flags ringing Jones Stadium to the fireworks and pageantry down on the field.
    Don Williams, USA TODAY, 12 July 2020
  • There are neat sidewalks and fresh pavement with blue and yellow bunting hanging overhead.
    Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
  • Stevenson Park’s gazebo was all dressed up in Independence Day red, white and blue bunting.
    Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2020

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