Example Sentences

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By now, we had threaded through the dunes and, having dodged a few scattered elephant seals along the way, we reached Año Nuevo Point.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2022

A Twitter user had threaded several media clips that showed Baldwin failing to correct assumptions about her heritage and asking for the English word for cucumber during a cooking TV segment.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2021

Stokes followed it up five minutes later with a clinical right-footed shot after Joe Ledley had threaded a pass through the St Mirren defence.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2014

Within moments Fernando Tissone had threaded through a pass which the striker clipped over Frey's outstretched leg to seal a 3-1 win.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2012

Before Hannah could deny it, the girl had threaded her arm through Hannah’s, calling out to a knot of girls who were standing by a newly arrived wagon.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen