Sentence examples for the last thread from inspiring English sources
The last thread of loyalty — the romantic cult of Lenin — is snapped.
She held his lead with an exquisite gentleness, careful to do nothing abrupt, as though the lead were the last thread that bound them.
No longer do women need to "imitate men down to the last thread," said Nicole DeBoom, a triathlete whose company, Skirt Sports, sells three skirts and a marathon dress.
Her Marianne, like her mother, cannot totally admit -- even to herself -- what is going on, because to do so would break the last thread of composure that allows her to move forward.
The last thread of Brooklyn running through the Dodgers, the one connecting everyone from Jackie Robinson to Juan Pierre, was most likely clipped Monday in a 12-10 defeatothetHoustonton Astros witnessed by 7,327.
The last thread holding Walt to his own life is cut when he finds out he has cancer and decides not to tell his family; at that point, the disconnect is complete, and Walt goes from being desperate to being a desperado.
Röyksopp however, still cling to the last threads of the electronic live tradition.
It decays in damp ground, if buried, and above ground suffers meticulous reuse until the last threads became paper.
The last threads of Cole's already frayed relationship with the club are said to have been snapped by the Premier League "tapping-up" inquiry.
"Basic human nature is to commune, to make contact, to touch," says Ibrahim as the last threads of simsimiyya subside into a hubbub of voices and laughter.
Mussina's agent, Arn Tellem, flew to New York late yesterday not so much to sew up the last threads of his negotiations with the Yankees as to attend the news conference the Yankees will hold when the agreement is signed.
