skein

Example Sentences

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A skein of ropes is systematically assembled by the ensemble as scrolls are unrolled to illustrate the science of perspective.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2023

Held in the mesh of gravity and spin, a skein of quantum magnetic charge, the Muon persists, outlives its foreseeable wobble.

From Scientific American • Feb. 5, 2022

It’s dry, with apricot and pear flavors and a skein of minerality that carries the fruit through to a long, satisfying finish.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021

News that he had deployed Navy warships, bristling with machine guns, pushed aside a skein of reports about his ethical conduct while in office.

From New York Times • May 6, 2021

He picked up a little skein of the deep crimson.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry