Example Sentences

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Josh Voorhees wonders how Scott will thread this needle.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2018

Soon, doctors will thread catheters through replica blood vessels, map out how to bypass aneurysms, and feel the tactile difference between tumors and healthy tissue, for instance.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2015

Add to that a complex legal case that will thread its way through entire season.

From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2013

The artist will thread the bottles together to form a two-storey high polychromatic candelabra which will hang in the entrance foyer of the museum.

From The Guardian • May 16, 2013

Give me your needle—your fine beautiful needle; I will thread it.

From Historical Miniatures by Strindberg, August