spool

Example Sentences

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The concern over the start process is centred on the increased amount of time it takes to get the turbos in the engines spooled up to the right speed for the optimum launch.

From BBC

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