distaff

Example Sentences

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Kenyans have won the last four men’s races in Boston and three straight in the distaff division.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

Then I booked it to the documentary “Girls State,” a distaff sequel to Apple TV’s 2020 Sundance pickup “Boys State.”

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

Among them are delicate wooden items such as a small, wood-turned bit for a lamb or goat and a carved distaff for spinning wool - even a Bronze Age ski.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2020

The premise, right away, appears to be a distaff version of “Groundhog Day,” that classic Zen Buddhist romantic comedy, in which “I Got You, Babe” keeps playing, eternally, at 6 a.m.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 28, 2019

Then spinning as they ever did, twirling the distaff and twisting the thread of destiny, they sang,

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton