ribbon-like

Mr. Lloyd's playing on tenor and, on one track, alto saxophone is breathy and ribbon-like when squiggling to or from a melodic line; firmly formed yet transparent, like the surface of a pool, on long tones.

An Offering of 'Tenderness Sutras' Larry Blumenfeld 2011

One obvious reference is Toyo Ito's Tod's Headquarters in Tokyo, with its criss-crossing, ribbon-like skin.

Guy Horton: At Home in Manhattan: Park51 as Global Architecture Guy Horton 2010

We will fly for weeks, leaving a message in ribbon-like formation across the sky – Any Disillusioned Human Come On Board.

365 tomorrows » 2009 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

The new ribbons (or rather, the actual ribbons that replace the ribbon-like “elements gallery” from 2008) are very similar to the ribbons in the Windows versions, making it easy for users to switch back and forth between both versions.

First Look At The More Mac-Like Microsoft Office 2011 Beta | Lifehacker Australia 2010

D. draco is the stout-trunked Dragon Tree; D. marginata has grey stems and narrow leaves; D. fragrans has heavy blue-grey ribbon-like leaves as long as 3 feet.

Desert rose, dracaena and pothos: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2009

D. draco is the stout-trunked Dragon Tree; D. marginata has grey stems and narrow leaves; D. fragrans has heavy blue-grey ribbon-like leaves as long as 3 feet.

Desert rose, dracaena and pothos: ornamental plants and flowers of tropical Mexico 2009

The Brooklyn-looking crowd twisted around the ribbon-like ramp.

Adam Clark Estes: Beirut Plays The Guggenheim, Pastiche Meets Perilous Hipster Reality 2010

The new ribbons or rather, the actual ribbons that replace the ribbon-like “elements gallery” from 2008 are very similar to the ribbons in the Windows versions, making it easy for users to switch back and forth between both versions.

First Look At The More Mac-Like Microsoft Office 2011 Beta | Lifehacker Australia 2010

But the only oil reporters saw today, during our three-hour tour, was a ribbon-like line of black at the waterline of the most of the marsh grasses.

BP Keeps Look Out For Vanishing Gulf Oil 2010

Its field is ribbon-like, as is that of the flowing stream.

Energy and Society~ Chapter 5~ Steam~ Key to the Industrial Revolution 2009