bobbin

Example Sentences

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And how long before this hyperbaric, ultrasonic sewing machine spins a bobbin?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

In the adjoining bathroom, you’ll find brass switchplates and a hand-drawn and -painted black-and-white encaustic tile inspired by European antique bobbin furniture legs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

You get to peek over the lacemaker’s shoulder: She is making bobbin lace, one of the most expensive commodities of early modern Europe.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2022

After a trip through a huge dryer, our bobbin is fresh and dry, then we're back in the car and heading up the road to Burnley.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2017

Everything happened too fast—a bobbin of weft thread lasted hardly five minutes before it had to be replaced—and it was painfully deafening.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson