skein

Example Sentences

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The legal debate is just one skein in the tangle of moral, political and economic concerns that the potential seizure of Russia’s reserves poses.

From New York Times

Thick skeins of wires hooked up to generators form a canopy over the neighborhood.

From Seattle Times

On the fourth floor, all the sculpture are bronze, including two enormous baskets, one occupied by a giant snake, the other filled with skeins of hair, some of them tinted red, as if bloodied.

From New York Times

The country also has developed a vibrant civil society, the skein of citizen-run, nongovernmental organizations and associations that infuse a healthy democracy with pluralism, participation and political vigor.

From Washington Post

A skein of ropes is systematically assembled by the ensemble as scrolls are unrolled to illustrate the science of perspective.

From Los Angeles Times