broken thread
Example Sentences
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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
How do we begin, I wonder, to take up the broken thread of our long-ago story?
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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
He looked at Susan for assistance, but Susan was still absorbed in her handkerchief; and while he paused for expression, the little abdicated monarch took up the broken thread.
From The Doctor's Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
