skein

Example Sentences

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But the operatic plot is a skein that sometimes entangles its colorful character and other times leaves them panting with exhaustion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2023

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

The two C’s in this third thread share not just a letter but also hooves and horns with Chapman from the first — a sign of the skein of connections Bell builds his novel around.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2021

Through a skein of fog, the sun gleamed as hard and silver as a freshly minted leu.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros