broken thread

Example Sentences

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As the clumps of men stretched and thinned into a long, broken thread, Louie sank through the field, to twelfth.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

How do we begin, I wonder, to take up the broken thread of our long-ago story?

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The Davenport brothers escaped from their spirit cabinet, but one of the professors discovered a piece of broken thread on the floor.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The broken thread of spirit will soon begin to join, and by continuing the operation a sufficient time all the bubbles will disappear, and the thermometer become as good as ever.

From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry

So soon as the two new-comers were fairly seated and at work, Mrs. Flandin took up the broken thread of her discourse.

From Diana by Warner, Susan