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
For example: “Cast rubber, with ficus tree surface residues on canvas; glass; twine; and wooden support.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024
First consideration: Does a particular vine twine like a morning glory, wrapping its stems around its support, or does it cling with tendrils, like sweet peas?
From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 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
Omakayas decided to set this last bird free and she gently undid the basswood fiber twine from a sharp black-clawed foot, its neck, a ragged baby feathered wing.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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