Example Sentences

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When he watched the video later, he saw that he had been threading a pen between his fingers throughout his talk with Messi without noticing.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2021

For the “poort” they had been threading here came to an abrupt termination, splitting off into a gradually ascending kloof on each side of the first of the two great mountains.

From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Mitford, Bertram

Meantime the two exceptions had been threading the blind paths of the chaparral more rapidly and a great deal more anxiously.

From The Red Mustang by Stoddard, William O.

There were yet two hours of daylight remaining when the party reached the mouth of the narrow channel they had been threading, and to the left was the coast, piled high with rocks.

From The Search for the Silver City A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan by Otis, James

Maude had been threading a splendid ring all the colours of the rainbow, and now exhibited it for the benefit of admiring beholders.

From Elster's Folly by Wood, Henry, Mrs.