twine
Example Sentences
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For now, all there is to see is a staked out area, with posts connected by twine.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
For example: “Cast rubber, with ficus tree surface residues on canvas; glass; twine; and wooden support.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024
Jordan Eberle had the period’s chance to bite into the 2-0 Pittsburgh lead with 5:33 left in the first period but his shot found iron instead of twine.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024
This year, Mr. Wyckoff paid $1,380 for 12 boxes of twine.
From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2023
Her chair seemed to have grown fond of her and kept trying to twine around her legs.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.