twine

Example Sentences

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For now, all there is to see is a staked out area, with posts connected by twine.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

The jagged glass shards sewn with twine along the edges are like those vernacular security measures sometimes taken to prevent an invader from climbing over a wall.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024

After a customer picks out a tree, workers remove loose needles and wrap it in a web of twine using a baler machine.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2023

On at least half the current bestsellers — and all the staff picks — handwritten notecards dangle from lengths of red twine.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

He tied the end of the twine to the stick, and he began to wrap the twine around the stick, to weave it in and around and through.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman