Sentence examples for at the thread of from inspiring English sources

And that the mainstream of both political parties refused to pull at the thread of its failures.

It's partly a traditional musical, with at least the thread of a plot — a woman who welds by day but would rather dance — and new songs that advance the storyline, more or less.

It's not just the Scots who are pulling at the threads of the British state.

It pulls at the threads of our internal fabrics, questions the attitudes and preconceptions we take for granted and asks if there might be a better, kinder way.

They oppose the measure because they are worry it would start a trade war with China, increase prices of American goods and pull at the threads of the gossamerlike relationship between the two countries.

The complexity is in the mental challenge, as you grasp at the threads of this tangled web and begin to unweave them without ever being quite sure what's at the centre.

By bringing up a series of awkward and sometimes disturbing incidents from her upbringing in suburban Australia, she's picking at the threads of neurosis and learned behaviour that have shaped her adult self.

"You can start with external sources of data where you can get a few phone numbers, a few relationships, you look for some patterns and then very quickly, like pulling at the threads of a sweater, you can reidentify the whole lot," he railed from the stage.

Now, as Haifa residents take stock of the damage, many express concern that the fires and the accusations of politically motivated arson also might tear at the threads of Jewish-Arab coexistence in the city.

He pulls at the threads of a particular narrative of spiritual bankruptcy, in which modern man has killed the old gods and replaced them with his own image which is not necessarily a good thing.

Living on the road is not all summer sunshine and partying it's mostly driving and waiting around, which can make you pick at the threads of just about anything.