strand

Example Sentences

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Learning to cook, it transpires, was the second strand of her plan to reclaim some normality after the whirlwind of her early 20s.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Unusually, her unique production style, full of skittering breakbeats and sugar strand melodies, is entirely self-taught.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Grant’s work is delicate: He cleaves each strand of a fiber-optic cable for a clean edge, then uses a machine to fuse the hair-thin filaments, which carry digital data at the speed of light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Each strand remained confined by magnetic forces and gradually twisted, resembling tightly wound ropes.

From Science Daily • Jan. 21, 2026

A strand of hair is sticking to her sweaty forehead.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy