spinning wheel
Example Sentences
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Schubert’s song “Gretchen am Spinnrade” famously imitates a spinning wheel in the piano: the left hand repeating the rhythm of a pedal, and the right whirling a phrase in perpetual motion.
From New York Times
Instead, upon the appointed hour, viewers were left staring at a spinning wheel to nowhere and fielding empty promises.
From Salon
The article described parents encountering error messages and frustrating spinning wheels on their screens.
From Washington Post
They gave women spinning wheels, a much more efficient way to create yarn than the traditional spindle whorls used on the drop spindle.
From Scientific American
Megan Stalter was glancing at an antique spinning wheel in the guest room of her mother’s house in Ohio last June when, suddenly, inspiration struck.
From Los Angeles Times
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