Sentence examples for tough threads from inspiring English sources

Indeed, they say, they are woven into the very fabric of city government, tough threads spun from the mayor's near lock on power, which leaves lawmakers with few ways to wield influence, affect life in their communities or make a name for themselves.

Their milk looks and tastes like the real thing, but once its proteins are filtered and purified into a fine white powder, they can be spun into tough thread.

On the contrary, it seems to me that the constant reconsideration of his premises has led to the maintenance of a remarkably tough thread of historical consciousness which will become clearer with time..

We deduce that by having ultra-tough threads coupled to a tear resistant architecture, N. cruentata is able to protect its eggs from predators with a considerable level of effectiveness.

Basidiomata brown to pale grey-brown; lamellar edge separable as an elastic-tough thread; cheilocystidia profusely branched……M.

Basidiomata reddish orange; lamellar edge not separable as an elastic-tough thread; cheilocystidia clavate, fusiform or forked……M.

The water droplets pick out the intricate patterns of the web – the tough framing threads that hold it in position; the radial lines like spokes in a wheel along which the spider travels, and the sticky spiral of catching threads that trap unwary insects.

Other bivalves, such as mussels, attach themselves to hard surfaces using tough byssus threads made of keratin and proteins.

That's a tough needle to thread.

It will be a tough needle to thread.

I like the actors and I have a soft spot for dystopic visions of the near future, but I sense from the outside that this will be a tough needle to thread".War" gets off to a raucous start, nailing down conventions of the latter-day Bond-type film and pairing those sleek charms with disconcerting bits of the sort of reality that the movies tend to avoid.