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
After identifying the viroid that caused spindle tuber disease, he helped develop a test to detect it.
From New York Times
The condition had a name — potato spindle tuber disease — but its cause proved vexingly elusive.
From Washington Post
He also decided to shave their heads, removing the unsettling spindles of hair.
From New York Times
My mother and grandmother sat on creaky wooden chairs with pink cushions tied to the spindles.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
