beads

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

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

In the meantime, the Kecoughtans are very close by, and my blue beads have kept us well supplied with corn from them.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone