strand

Example Sentences

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He held aloft a thick strand of silver whistles.

From The Wall Street Journal

Major airports, including those in Dallas, Chicago and New York, have canceled or delayed hundreds of flights, leaving travelers scrambling and stranding some far from home.

From Salon

Three people in Aberdeenshire had to be rescued from their stranded vehicles by firefighters.

From BBC

Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi's pacey documentary tells the real life story of the rescue of Pakistani schoolboys stranded hundreds of feet above a Himalayan valley in a rusting cable car when wires snap.

From Barron's

But he alleged that his son remained stranded for hours because they did not have the resources to pull him out.

From BBC