beads

Example Sentences

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One trader sifted through pink, green and purple beads that she said would be moulded into e-cigarette casings sold in the Middle East.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

It paid homage to a nurse’s steady hands, to a mother’s prayer beads slipping through her fingers, and to a belief that our stories do not end at the point of collapse.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

They connect together like beads on a string to form the proteins needed by living organisms.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

Above the fracas of color float three white clouds, from which raindrops hang like strings of beads dressing up a doorway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The stray water collapses to the ground, only to roll toward the right-hand window like beads of quicksilver.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer