spool

Example Sentences

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Shadows spooled from the breaking surf, and it reminded Danny of the basket of yarn that Mrs. Garner kept in the living room out of reach from the twins.

From Literature

As the decades spooled past, British society would become less deferential and British media more intrusive.

From The Wall Street Journal

He handed me a spool of thread and a needle.

From Literature

There, young women sit at clattering Typex machines—bulky black typewriters with spinning spools of white tape.

From Literature

Checking up before a tight hairpin—braking late, downshifting with the paddle shifters, turning hard into hairpin corners, the weight of the wheel growing heavy, the little engine piping at full spool.

From The Wall Street Journal