spindle

Example Sentences

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Long processions of women, many of them bearing a takli or spindle to honour Gandhi's commitment to homespun khadi cloth, take over Bombay's streets, quite literally pushing men to the very margins.

From BBC

He makes “silver spindle” audible, gleaming through an orchestra that has long known him and he, it.

From Los Angeles Times

To add warmth, Underwood recommends using wooden spindle headboards.

From Seattle Times

Models tottered forth on a temporary concrete runway that had been doused in water for no apparent reason, wearing platform Tribute heels with stilettos so high they looked more like spindles.

From New York Times

Archaeologists have made a number of finds including an amber bead and stone wheel thought to be a spindle whorl for weaving.

From BBC