twine
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It will be beautiful, made by hand, wrapped in brown paper tied with twine.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
For now, all there is to see is a staked out area, with posts connected by twine.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
For example: “Cast rubber, with ficus tree surface residues on canvas; glass; twine; and wooden support.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
My father had had the foresight to prepare a box of underwear tied with twine for each of us.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2024
He turned the pages, past their parents’ cross-country drive and their picture next to the world’s largest ball of twine, past baby Cat, past the pictures of her and Rishi as toddlers.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Her wall features one seasonally rotating space that includes a hook, to which she ties twined bundles of winter branches and berries, spring grasses or autumn lavender.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
Baskets to carry things, baskets for cooking, baskets for ceremonies, baskets to trap eels, baskets to cradle children: All are twined from the stems of burned hazel.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 17, 2020
But the sorrow here is always twined with comedy.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2020
Karl Lagerfeld had recreated one in the confines of the Grand Palais, down to the trellises twined with climbing roses and urns spilling blooms.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2018
The mask dangled between them, the cord twined in their fingers.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
Mr. Guettel’s twining, urgent vocal music captures the complexity of the situation, encompassing the innocent, sincere mutual recognition of the lovers and Margaret’s sadness and guilt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Carlstrom has written a book that feels incredibly of the moment, twining together anger and glee, hope and despair, alienation and community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
Somewhere behind the house the birds began to wail, twining their voices into a piercing cry until suddenly I saw them both running down the hill into the stutter start of flight.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2023
Installing them is as easy as twining garland around a railing, and a zip tie will keep the battery box in place.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
And my reward for that was the feeling of her arm’s birdlike bones twining around my neck.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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