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

My father had had the foresight to prepare a box of underwear tied with twine for each of us.

From New York Times • May 8, 2024

Use several pieces of kitchen twine to secure the bones back in place against the roast, tying between each set of ribs.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2023

He had no shoes at all and his feet were wrapped in rags and cardboard tied with green twine and any number of layers of vile clothing showed through the tears and holes in it.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy