Sentence example with the word 'skein'

skein

animal fiber, charm, cobweb, fibrilla, flight, hair, knot, murmuration, strand, tendril, web

Definition n. coils of worsted yarn

Last update: February 7, 2017


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Constance's unbeaten skein in this country was stopped.   [Please select]

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He was always conscious of some aspect of that skein, as with a buzzing in his head after dinner or supper he chatted or listened to conversation or read.   [Please select]

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The incense-smoke it skein 'd and spir'd, The vowell'd hymns rang clear, A shrill bell rung by a brown hand Said Christ was very near.'   [noun]

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"There, miss, teach your clumsy fingers to unwind this skein, and if you break a single thread I will flay you alive."   [adjective]

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Before replying she took time to search in her work-basket for another skein of silk.   [Please select]

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Meanwhile, Miss Avilda Cummins had left her window and gone into the next room for a skein of yarn.   [Please select]

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Then quickly they climb up again by the same thread, which they wind gradually into a skein and lengthen by successive falls.   [Please select]

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Her hair was a very light brown, almost golden, and fluffy, soft, and fine as a skein of Arras silk.   [Please select]

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Now for the random way in which chance weaves her skein.   [Please select]

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Thus you will see that a single 'skein' stretched from shore to shore, consisting of nearly three hundred separate threads.   [Please select]

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Graciosa stood dismayed, turning the skein over and over, and breaking hundreds of threads each time.   [Please select]

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