How to Use trefoil in a Sentence

trefoil

noun

• 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
• 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
• The trefoil also appeared on big travel bags, and as a print on trousers.
  — Colleen Barry, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2022
• The three-crossing knot known as the trefoil is tricolorable.
  — Quanta Magazine, 2 June 2020
• 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
• 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
• These sights, sounds and smells informed the imagery found in her jewelry: swords, shields, amulets and trefoils.
  — Nancy Bilyeau, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• For example, combining a simple knot known as the trefoil with its mirror image produces a square knot.
  — Quanta Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Stylebeat discusses quatrefoil and trefoil motifs and shares some favorite finds from the High Point market.
  — House Beautiful, 8 Apr. 2012
• The latest inexplicable fad has young teens building collections of the palm-sized trefoils.
  — Susan Steade, The Mercury News, 11 May 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The trefoil uses three genes to convert these harmless starter chemicals into their deadlier descendants.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2011
• 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
• 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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