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

"Who argues with wolves or plays cat's-cradle with catamounts!"

From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

By her side lay Sannie, the little prattling girl of three, my constant playmate, whom I had instructed in cat's-cradle, and taught the tales of Cinderella and Red Riding Hood.

From Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose by Allen, Grant

"And to play cat's-cradle;—only we have not had any cat's-cradle this morning,—have we, Posy?"

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony