noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Not everything about the job was flash and tinsel .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Get some tinsel and some glitter dust if you can.
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He draped tinsel round the pink lampshades on the table.
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His hair was tied back with a piece of tinsel string he had found in the Christmas decorations box.
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I had put the purple tinsel on to make my case instantly recognisable.
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It glittered eerily for a second and exploded, forming a cloud of tinsel .
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It was identical to mine but for the obvious giveaway that it had no purple tinsel on the handle.
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She insists on tacking up a bit of tinsel and so on and I see she's done the same for you.
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What is so sad is that through all the tinsel shines a reality, but we can not seem to grasp it.