bead

Example Sentences

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Each bead slipped through her fingers as if she were marking the seconds, bargaining with time.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

While investors are trying to get a bead on the Fed, earnings season is rolling on.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

It’s still hard to draw a bead on this team.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2024

She also stitched school bags and did bead and jewellery work.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2024

Everywhere they looked, piles of things teetered—books with leather and gold covers, gold and silver trays, bead necklaces hanging out of chipped teacups, old, creaking furniture of all kinds.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon