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
During breaks, she’d work at a Chicago bead store, where she learned about global jewelry-making practices.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025
"I'm bursting with confidence now... not a single bead of sweat."
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
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
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