beads

Example Sentences

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Women sell beads to a steady flow of tourists from roadside stalls.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 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

One chair in the collection, which is covered with ceramic beads and was sourced from an estate sale in Gujarat, took eight months to restore, Gandhi says.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

To measure this, they placed magnetic beads inside cells and tracked how the beads moved under magnetic force.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

Nhamo hunted in her stores until she found the beads from Aunt Shuvai’s bracelet.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer