beads

Example Sentences

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Bright teardrop earrings hang from metal tins filled with Japanese cooling beads.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Azeez Akanni hopped on a yellow bus heading for the central business district on Lagos Island, beads of sweat rolling down his neck and arms.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

It paid homage to a nurse’s steady hands, to a mother’s prayer beads slipping through her fingers, and to a belief that our stories do not end at the point of collapse.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

When the levitated beads interact, they do so by scattering sound waves between one another.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

He launches into a lively description of Okeus, the vengeful god, who requires sacrifices of tobacco, copper, beads, and sometimes animal blood, and sends punishment if he is not made happy.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone