Sentence examples for ball of thread from inspiring English sources

"ball of thread" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a round, spherical object made of wound threads. For example, "The seamstress worked quickly, using a ball of thread to stitch the hem of the dress."

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When you see a man swallow 100 separate needles and a ball of thread, then regurgitate 100 perfectly threaded needles, "why?" must take its place in the queue behind "how on earth?" Sometimes, Penn and Teller tell us.

No one has "cast the ball of thread aside".

Theseus's ball of thread would have come in handy.

From Bensonhurst to Brownsville, the sense sometimes was of a city as a ball of thread unspooling.

Like Ariadne with her ball of thread, Clay navigates the maze-like story with perspicacity and ease.

So I began to dig deep in my memory, and once I started, I found the beginning of the ball of thread, where to start.

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The different morphology between C-RGD (fibrous ball-of-thread-like) and G-FOAM (trabecular sponge-like) was evidenced by SEM analysis and X-ray micro-tomography, and was reflected by their different mechanical characteristics.

Artifacts include balls of thread, hanks of yarn, and fine linen.

These are lasting fabrics that will hold their shape well and will not pill (develop the small balls of threads and fibers that collect on garments from wear).

Her godmother gives her a ball of magic thread to help her find her way back from anywhere her mother might take her.

She meticulously showed each thread in a ball of yarn.

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