threads

Example Sentences

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Trying to weave together an impossible number of threads means some moments stick out sloppily, like a character’s reveal of a magically healed wound we never knew they had.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

But a narrative throughline hellbent on retribution neatly threads Harris’ fiery aesthetic choices together, giving “Is God Is” far more substance — and much more thematic intrigue — than its contemporaries.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

She created all the world and everything in it, spinning us into being on threads of silk.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

There are always threads of truth in arguments like these — enough to make ageism sound like common sense.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Inside me I felt little threads, growing and spreading and knotting together, tangling me up and binding me tight.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff