distaff

Example Sentences

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She has settled in as a dominant force in distaff sprint races and will be well supported by the bettors.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2021

Among them are delicate wooden items such as a small, wood-turned bit for a lamb or goat and a carved distaff for spinning wool - even a Bronze Age ski.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2020

The premise, right away, appears to be a distaff version of “Groundhog Day,” that classic Zen Buddhist romantic comedy, in which “I Got You, Babe” keeps playing, eternally, at 6 a.m.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 28, 2019

But the distaff kept moving into what had been pasture.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2018

Then spinning as they ever did, twirling the distaff and twisting the thread of destiny, they sang,

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton