Sentence examples for strand of silk from inspiring English sources

Kirsten picked a strand of silk that hung in the little girl's hair.

Many web builders molt while suspended, with the newly emerged spider dangling from a strand of silk.

Q. Is it true that each strand of silk on an ear of corn represents a kernel of corn? A. Yes, but only if pollen falls on the silk.

Tiny kites are often prized by collectors and can sell for several hundred dollars each. Some makers of miniature kites use Japanese mulberry bark paper or flayed paper napkins for their sails, and some use a strand of silk or fishing line for the kite string, balancing its weight with concerns that static electricity can make the string stick to the face of the kite.

For every kernel of corn there is a strand of silk.

Each strand of silk is a long tube that transports the pollen to the ear and produces the seed.

Both wore dark suits, white shirts and strange knotted strands of silk.

Once the bugs have stripped an area, they descend from the bare branches like paratroopers on invisible strands of silk.

Removing this layer makes it easy to unfurl long strands of silk from the cocoons, the study's authors report.

Although a few spiders tie their eggs together with several strands of silk, most construct elaborate sacs of numerous layers of thick silk.

She pointed out an example of chikan embroidery: a paisley made of tiny teardrop-shaped holes, created by pulling nearly imperceptible strands of silk and separating them.