The beaded ribbon trailed an elegant tendril across a shoulder, counterpoint to the rough twist swinging in his ear.

A ribbon of blood trailed slowly to my elbow.

I turned, ribbons trailing, surveying my reflection one last time.

"Mara," I said, lifting one arm so the scarlet ribbons trailed from my wrist.

A thin ribbon of smoke trailed from a cigarette gripped between her fingers.

Black ribbons of smoke trailed from their stacks.

Green plumes rose from the animal's headdress, while ribbons trailed from the horse's mane to flow back around the rider's arms and hands.

Long slippery ribbons of foltwine were trailing from his splint.

A ribbon of blood trailed behind.

A long ribbon trailed from it.