Example Sentences

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Without the protein, the parasites failed to build proper spindles, which prevented them from dividing correctly.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026

Only about a yard of this is visible; the rest is wound on horizontal spindles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

"We've discovered that the hippocampus, typically associated with memory formation, plays a crucial role in generating slow waves and sleep spindles, offering new insights into how these brain waves support memory processing during sleep."

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024

The restaurant chain, which has over 600 locations across the United States, had sometime last year posted a series of photos of people sitting in an oversized rocking chair decked out with rainbow spindles.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2023

There were also three magic spindles, made out of the Eden tree, and two inferior swords for Percy and Bon.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White