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  • noun Plural form of bangle.

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Examples

  • Eager to buy bangles from a local stand instead of a commercial store, I stopped at a shop that seemed to have the prettiest ones, flashing every color in the sun.

    Marissa Bronfman: Shopping and Safari Chic in Rajasthan Marissa Bronfman 2010

  • Eager to buy bangles from a local stand instead of a commercial store, I stopped at a shop that seemed to have the prettiest ones, flashing every color in the sun.

    Marissa Bronfman: Shopping and Safari Chic in Rajasthan Marissa Bronfman 2010

  • Eager to buy bangles from a local stand instead of a commercial store, I stopped at a shop that seemed to have the prettiest ones, flashing every color in the sun.

    Marissa Bronfman: Shopping and Safari Chic in Rajasthan Marissa Bronfman 2010

  • Eager to buy bangles from a local stand instead of a commercial store, I stopped at a shop that seemed to have the prettiest ones, flashing every color in the sun.

    Marissa Bronfman: Shopping and Safari Chic in Rajasthan Marissa Bronfman 2010

  • Eager to buy bangles from a local stand instead of a commercial store, I stopped at a shop that seemed to have the prettiest ones, flashing every color in the sun.

    Marissa Bronfman: Shopping and Safari Chic in Rajasthan Marissa Bronfman 2010

  • Fawzi had said that the bangles were the precious pieces and there were no bangles more precious than the ones I had cleaned and glistening in the box.

    Midnight Sister Souljah 2008

  • Agra, was in her collar; and her bracelets (she used to say, I am given to understand they are called bangles, my dear, by the natives) decorated the sleeves round her lean old hands, which trembled with pleasure as they received the kind grasp of the

    The Newcomes 2006

  • Her bangles are the best out there with fun, strong color in cabochon chrysoprase, lapis and tourmalines.

    Vail Daily - Top Stories 2009

  • Her bangles are the best out there with fun, strong color in cabochon chrysoprase, lapis and tourmalines.

    The Vail Trail - All Sections 2009

  • It was a fine hot day in June, but I promise you Miss Honeyman wore her blazing scarlet Cashmere shawl; her great brooch, representing the Taj of Agra, was in her collar; and her bracelets (she used to say, I am given to understand they are called bangles, my dear, by the natives) decorated the sleeves round her lean old hands, which trembled with pleasure as they received the kind grasp of the Colonel of colonels.

    The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

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