spin a yarn
Example Sentences
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Miller can still spin a yarn some four years after retiring following a 30-year run as NBC’s unfiltered lead analyst.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
Spoiler alert: Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen are likable guys, who can spin a yarn.
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2021
“To me, there is probably not a greater storyteller as a play-by-play person. He can spin a yarn like nobody else, and it made games definitely more enjoyable to watch.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2017
They are both, that is to say, resounding testaments from British dramatists to the particular power of live theater to spin a yarn that ties an audience in knots.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2016
Story-telling was his hobby, and it had often been said by his friends that he would rather spin a yarn than eat.
From Dave Porter and His Rivals or, The Chums and Foes of Oak Hall by John Goss
