floss

Example Sentences

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I only came across a few stray hairs and watched one guest floss on my brief stay.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The fabric pumpkins are then finished off with threaded floss and a fabric stem.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025

Combine that with her doing the floss dance in the outfit and she had viewers, fellow contestants and even RuPaul crying with laughter.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2025

They’re in dental floss, food packaging, brake fluid, you name it.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2024

Theseus found his way out of the labyrinth by trailing a thread behind him; to Penelope this seemed a waste of good embroidery floss.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood