cat's cradle

Example Sentences

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There are frequent power cuts, as witnessed by the sagging cat's-cradle of wires overhead.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2016

Sometimes, too, she binds the sides of the hollow with a cat's-cradle of string in order to ensnare the eye and lead it deeper into the interior.

From Time Magazine Archive

The older ones was settin' around doin' sums on their slates, or playin' checkers an' cat's-cradle.

From The Old Gray Homestead by Keyes, Frances Parkinson

Ride back’ards, sir, and find the way out of this wet cat’s-cradle of a place.

From The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

What if they sat on a beach under a linden-tree and played cat's-cradle like children?

From Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 by Various