beads

Example Sentences

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Women sell beads to a steady flow of tourists from roadside stalls.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 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

One chair in the collection, which is covered with ceramic beads and was sourced from an estate sale in Gujarat, took eight months to restore, Gandhi says.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

For a moment she saw them gliding out of their huts with Aunt Shuvai’s beads twined around their long bodies.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer