Sentence examples for a yarn of a from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a yarn of a" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a story or tale, often one that is exaggerated or fanciful.
Example: "He spun a yarn of a great adventure that took place in a distant land."
Alternatives: "a tale of a" or "a story of a".

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If you start a large project with that yarn, and want to buy more, you will want to make sure it is from exactly the same dye lot, so you start off with a yarn of a slightly different color.

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Angus then spins a yarn of two local boys, one with a knack for farming and the other skilled at drawing.

His autobiography is not simply the tale of an entertainment career, it's a miracle narrative and a yarn of accomplishing dreams without losing sight of what makes a man truly great.

She opened with the Yiddish classic "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" ("To Me You're Beautiful"), replacing the lyrics with a wry yarn of a Russian cop who tries to shake down an elderly woman.

Delivered through the unconvincing voice of a teen-age American boy living with his vapid expatriate mother in a Roman villa, it unfolds an overlong yarn of a wastrel writer, a bogus princess named Tavola-Calda (or "Hot Table" — an Italian term for cafeteria or diner), and the bungled smuggling of a Renaissance painting.

Inset: rotation angle and rotation speed versus time for one complete cycle (b) Average rotation rate versus applied electrical power for different tensile loads when using the yarn of (a) and a heavier paddle.

For a given hand-knitted sweater, for example, one might have to pay not just, say, $150 for the first test, but added-on charges for each component beyond the first: a button or snap, yarn of a second color, a care label, maybe a ribbon or stitching--with each color of stitching thread having to be tested separately.

For a given hand-knitted sweater, for example, one might have to pay not just, say, $150 for the first test, but added-on charges for each component beyond the first: a button or snap, yarn of a second color, a care label, maybe a ribbon or stitching with each color of stitching thread having to be tested separately.

The laws surrounding sex work are complicated in the city, where the legal system consists of a tangled yarn of a colonial British past and ever-growing influence from China.

The record, however, swirls with adventure and includes the instant classic ballad "Back in the Crowd," the stomping march "Hell Broke Luce" and the transcendent closer "New Year's Eve," a quiet yarn of a waltz.

Storytellers are simply curators of information who finesse the elements of a yarn into a beginning, middle and end.

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