"find the thread" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used in various contexts, but it typically means to search for the main or underlying idea or theme in something. For example: - During the meeting, we must find the thread that ties all of our ideas together. - The author's writing is complex, but if you look closely, you can still find the thread of the story. - As I read through the research paper, I struggled to find the thread of the argument. - Can you help me find the thread that connects these seemingly unrelated events?.
"I can't find the thread in his music".
When some friends invited her to Japan, she went, hoping to find the thread of an idea there, but quickly ran into obstacles.
The aim throughout, Ms. Lord explained, has been to find "the thread of meaning" that runs through all of Longwood's activities.
It is also a gift to readers who themselves are trying to find the thread leading out of the labyrinth of depression.
From midcentury on, the plot thickens: more than ever, it is hard to find the thread that either sorts out American music or pulls it all together.
As this quartet grows increasingly episodic, and takes to swooping from a "Verklärte Nacht -like ardor to its Philip GlassiaNacht -likeigure ardorack, you begin to wits that Mr. Bryars would either find the thread and tie it uPhilipust throw on a double bar and cut his losses.
"The book is a delight," enthused Erica Wagner in the Times, "and a reminder that... Shields was nearly always able to find the threads that bind us to each other or allow us to rediscover the meaning of our lives".
One of his ideas for the Huntsman Cancer Institute was to use data generated by the genealogical department of the Mormon church, as well as the hospital records and state death certificates in the six surrounding states, to find the threads of cancer susceptibility written into DNA.
I find the threads of story here fascinating, all of the little clues about the origins of the strange structures left in dusty desert wastes and verdant worlds alike—I just wish that the aliens I've met so far were more patient with my piss-poor Korvaxian.
She finds the thread that leads back to family and friends who aspired to self-expression despite being much more confined.
