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Example Sentences

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In Lore Segal’s fiction, memory is a mine of storytelling wealth—and conversation among friends is the vital thread of life itself, even when all other pleasures have faded.

From The Wall Street Journal

The table was littered with containers of beads and lengths of thread.

From Literature

My eyes snap up from the loose thread I’m fiddling with to meet hers.

From Literature

Clare waited for that familiar sensation—the realm of Pain tugging steadily on the invisible thread that ran through his veins.

From Literature

It was a cool detail that we thought could be fun for Reddit threads.

From Los Angeles Times