Example Sentences

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Pace and Massenburg are threading through the tight spaces within the shattered remains of the front house.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

His actions are threading a fine line and could be interpreted as violating a slew of different court rules and laws—but what exactly are these rules?

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023

As in other corners of urban Puget Sound, planners are threading the needle to put proposed light-rail stops near “historically underserved communities,” but not displace too many apartments and small retailers.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

“We are threading the needle between keeping the public safe and allowing our economy to reopen.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2020

Long processions of maidens all in white, and others of maidens all in pale watchet-blue, are threading the principal streets.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 by Various