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spinning wheel
noun as in spinning frame
Example Sentences
Schubert, Dvorak, and Saint-Saens transformed the obstinate repetition of the spinning wheel to melodious patterns.
In everyday terms, a badly-designed chip means slow loading times and the spinning wheel of death—something no one wants.
You move the slider a little, then wait for the spinning wheel to disappear, and then you get a preview of your image.
But for users of HBO GO Sunday night, it was more like a spinning wheel of death.
Quintana was not at a spinning wheel when it happened, or biting into a poisoned Honeycrisp; the news came by FedEx.
She carried it to the top of the house and perched it on the ridge of the roof before a spinning wheel.
When he came near home he saw the spinning wheel still on the roof and the figure still seated before it.
One of the daughters invented the small ten-stringed harp, and the other the spinning wheel.
She was very kind to these poor children, and worked hard at her spinning-wheel and at her knitting to support herself and them.
When she thought that the children knew how to manage by themselves she left them and returned to her spinning-wheel.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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