Sentence examples for pulling a thread from inspiring English sources

In this image, each act of environmental destruction is like pulling a thread from the tapestry.

"Rock breaks in its own way," Kundig said, comparing the process to "pulling a thread out of a sweater".

"It's a little like pulling a thread out of your tie," said the executive, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect business connections in Japan.

Whether looking for an errant model, pulling a thread off the side seam of a taffeta chemise worn by Isabelli Fontana, or fluffing the ruffles on a pair of trousers worn by the Amazonian Czech, Karolina Kurkova, he seems to be everywhere at once in his tightly tailored double-vent suit.

"Pulling a thread in complex ecosystems can have long-term, damaging effects on people," he said, "which we often won't realize until the damage is done".

I watched the drone pull a thread of the storm into clear morning air.

"This is sort of like when you pull a thread on the sweater and that one thread starts to unravel the entire fabric".

"Pull a thread here and you'll find it's attached to the rest of the world," as Nadeem Aslam put it in The Wasted Vigil.