broken thread

Example Sentences

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How do we begin, I wonder, to take up the broken thread of our long-ago story?

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The Davenport brothers escaped from their spirit cabinet, but one of the professors discovered a piece of broken thread on the floor.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

As the clumps of men stretched and thinned into a long, broken thread, Louie sank through the field, to twelfth.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

I began to try to fit the button on the broken thread, just as though it would stick fast by that means; and moreover, I began to smile and went on smiling.

From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various

Wind the thread once around the forefinger and break from the spool, because the broken thread twists more easily to a point than when cut.

From Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care by McGlauflin, Idabelle