spindle

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Long processions of women, many of them bearing a takli or spindle to honour Gandhi's commitment to homespun khadi cloth, take over Bombay's streets, quite literally pushing men to the very margins.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

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

These spindle microtubules are responsible for pulling the chromatids apart and thus separating the two sister chromatids.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2024

The process of dividing the sister chromatids over the cells is guided by the interaction between the centromeres and structures known as spindle microtubules.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2024

More pixies fluttered around the spinning wheel, dancing on the spindle and the spokes.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff