skein
Example Sentences
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The skein in June left the Angels four games under .500 and 3.5 games out of the final wild-card spot.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2023
Her hair hung like a skein of silk, immune to humidity.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2022
Held in the mesh of gravity and spin, a skein of quantum magnetic charge, the Muon persists, outlives its foreseeable wobble.
From Scientific American • Feb. 5, 2022
It’s dry, with apricot and pear flavors and a skein of minerality that carries the fruit through to a long, satisfying finish.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021
As she grabbed the purse, the skein of gold thread fell out.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
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