needleful
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She took a new needleful of thread, waxed it carefully, threaded her needle with a steady hand, and then observed, with perfect composure—
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
She took another needleful of thread, and sewed on steadily for a little, and Aunt Victoria kept glancing at her meanwhile, with a very puzzled expression.
From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Grand, Sarah
You just take a needleful of that yellow worsted and start tracking across a couple of yards of red and pathless desert, and see where you come out.
From Then I'll Come Back to You by Evans, Larry
Tom Thumb's mother once took him with her when she went to milk the cow; it being a very windy day, she tied him with a needleful of thread to a thistle.
From The History of Tom Thumb and Other Stories. by Anonymous
Their ‘Merrimac’ won’t wash, and their flannel shrinks, and their thread breaks every needleful.
From Jessica, the Heiress by Raymond, Evelyn
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