Example Sentences

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The spools of thread Carrie unravels eventually end.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025

Gone are the endless spools of film that collected in university commencement offices.

From Slate • May 27, 2025

The living room where he sat was cluttered with tools from his profession - a sewing machine, spools of thread and a heavy iron.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024

The spools frame her mask-like open mouth, decorating voids in the human skull that signaled the soul’s vivacity in pre-Columbian culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Dad said as he pounded the tops of the spools to show us how sturdy they were.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls