bobbin

Example Sentences

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And how long before this hyperbaric, ultrasonic sewing machine spins a bobbin?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

In the adjoining bathroom, you’ll find brass switchplates and a hand-drawn and -painted black-and-white encaustic tile inspired by European antique bobbin furniture legs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

We hand over our pink bobbin and it's mounted on to the loom.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2017

Spinning like a bobbin, she wraps fabric around her body as fast as others can pull it off.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2017

It was about the shape of a corncob, only a little larger and hollowed out so that it could carry a bobbin or quill of weft thread.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson