spindle

Example Sentences

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One widely shared video shows a woman spinning yarn on a traditional hand spindle as a Kashmiri folk song plays in the background.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

A new company was found, the fabrication truly European: spindle from the Czech Republic, cables and curved glass from Italy, capsules from France, the main structure from the Netherlands.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

Then push the spindle against something hard to slide the motor assembly out the bottom.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

These findings suggest that spindle oscillations originate from active ion channels within axons, rather than through volume conduction as previously thought.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024

She hammered at their spool’s securing clips, releasing it from the winding spindle.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi