beads

Example Sentences

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Tiny flowers made from minuscule pearl beads dot her deep-red nails.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

A devout Catholic, it was there that she gave my dad her most precious gift: her own mom’s rosary beads.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Bright teardrop earrings hang from metal tins filled with Japanese cooling beads.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Mitochondrial pearling is a temporary shape change in which mitochondria form a structure that looks like beads on a string.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

From time to time, he’d stop what he was doing, take his handkerchief out of his pants pocket, and mop away beads of sweat on his forehead.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo