skein

Example Sentences

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The legal debate is just one skein in the tangle of moral, political and economic concerns that the potential seizure of Russia’s reserves poses.

From New York Times

Thick skeins of wires hooked up to generators form a canopy over the neighborhood.

From Seattle Times

But their chaotic response, on the eve of the government’s plans to lift almost all virus-related restrictions, was the latest in a skein of U-turns and reversals dating to the beginning of the pandemic.

From New York Times

A skein of dread whorls around the narrator’s job at The Hague.

From New York Times

However, selective pruning and sorting through old and new stems is like unpicking a tangled skein of yarn.

From Seattle Times