thread

Example Sentences

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It was headquarters, the center of a spreading web: the knot where all threads crossed.

From Literature

In Lore Segal’s fiction, memory is a mine of storytelling wealth—and conversation is the vital thread of life itself.

From The Wall Street Journal

Next, Torak washed the long back sinews he’d saved from the butchering, pounded them flat, then teased out the narrow fibers for thread: drying them and rubbing them in fat to make them supple.

From Literature

But is there a common thread that binds them all together?

From BBC

I had a clear view of the restaurant space, which was shaded by a white wooden pergola threaded with fake greenery.

From Literature