yarn
Example Sentences
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Firms that cater to higher-income customers, or sell specialized products such as quality yarn, may be more insulated from worries about broader demand, given wealthier households’ resilience in recent years.
From Barron's
The boy, having been fearful of getting lost, finds the way home again by following the thread of red yarn—only to discover that the magpies have prepared a wonderful Christmas surprise.
Works such as “Treasure Island” and “Kidnapped,” still read today, exemplify the Scottish author’s gift for yarns.
Herodotus was an anthropological Autolycus, a spinner of yarns from Halicarnassus, a Greek colony in Asia Minor.
During their first class they chose the legend of Baby Blue — a time-worn grade-school yarn about a ghost named Baby Blue who appears if you say her name three times in a row.
From Los Angeles Times
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