beads

Example Sentences

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Women sell beads to a steady flow of tourists from roadside stalls.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Azeez Akanni hopped on a yellow bus heading for the central business district on Lagos Island, beads of sweat rolling down his neck and arms.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

It paid homage to a nurse’s steady hands, to a mother’s prayer beads slipping through her fingers, and to a belief that our stories do not end at the point of collapse.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

Larger beads scatter more sound than smaller ones.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

She left a few things inside the hole: a precious box of matches, some glass beads that had come off Aunt Shuvai’s bracelet, some of the copper wire Uncle Kufa used to decorate his snuffboxes.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer