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

Mitochondrial pearling is a temporary shape change in which mitochondria form a structure that looks like beads on a string.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 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 visitor touched her rosary beads on the case.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

Around their necks and looped over their arms were many, many strands of black beads.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer