Sentence examples for beads from inspiring English sources

The Iris sandal, handwoven in leather macramé, the classic tan shade set off by a cascade of yellow, red, green and blue resin beads, is what every modern-day Apfel will be wearing in Ibiza this summer.

Then she got busy with comb, water and beads and began to plait Anna's hair into perfect corn braids.

Dressed in her nightgown her face is tranquil; a few beads of sweat gathering at her temples the only sign of a concealed distress.

Red beads about her neck, her twisted hair secured with a scarlet crayon.

But it has been shortened to boho, which just refers to a peasant dress or a girl in beads.

They played in different positions and their physical statures couldn't have been more contrasting – Dino was a tall, robust midfielder with short, cropped hair while Roberto was a small, timid, tortured-genius that sported a ponytail with beads at the tip – but Dino would spend a career playing in the shade of the trequartista, purely because they shared a surname.

Then the French arrived and 'bought' the island for some glass beads and a couple of cases of rum.

Sweat beads formed on the education secretary's brow as her finger wobbled along her lines of the script, but she reached the end without too many disasters.

On one occasion, he stole an unusual ceramic dish, on another a set of rosary beads, although he also declined to steal money from a church collection dish, suggesting he has some kind of distorted religious principles.

A black velvet cocktail dress with an internal corset, ripped hem and petticoat of white multi-layered silk mousseline was stunning; a floor-length gown in black velvet, with white beads shimmering along the throat and down the curves of a plunging back view was more Angelina Jolie than Maleficent, and all the better for it.

"They said the almajari [religious school] my son was going to was haram [forbidden] because the imam used prayer beads.