thread

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Definition:
1. A thin string of cotton, wool, silk, etc. used for sewing or making cloth.
2. Any long object resembling a thin line.
3. Pass through or into.

Use 'thread' in a sentence:

1. The possible consequences so filled his mind that he lost the thread of Wan Da's narrative.
2. The fragile peace was hanging by a thread as thousands of hardliners took to the streets.
3. Look at this thread.
4. Threads of silver ran through his beard and the hair at his temples.
5. Wipe the mushrooms clean and thread them on a string.
6. This time I'll do it properly with a needle and thread.
7. Bind the ends of the cord together with thread.
8. A ratchet mechanism transfers the thread from spool to bobbin.
9. All religions are united by the common threads of fighting evil and helping others.
10. This time I'll do it right with a spool of thread.
11. The blind fury here is the mythological figure Atropos; this is the Fate that cuts the slender thread by which our lives dangle.
12. They have a quick-release fastener provided with thread.
13. Mary, get me a silk thread, and a chunk of fire out of the kitchen.
14. Now shall I have the demon's own time to thread it!
15. A thread of light emerged from the keyhole.
16. She also devised a special reel to draw the fibres from the cocoon into a single thread so that they would be strong enough to be woven into fabric.
17. Sometimes it is perfectly sensible to spawn a new thread for each new task.
18. I sit down, thread a needle, snip off an old button.
19. The waiters threaded between the crowded tables.
20. A thin, glistening thread of moisture ran along the rough concrete sill.
21. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable.
22. She idly pulled at a loose thread on her skirt.
23. While a thread is running, either uploading or downloading, you can query it to check on its status to provide the user with feedback (e.g. a progress bar).
24. That was the thread that held the tale together.
25. She snipped at the loose threads hanging down.
26. Now I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life.
27. Slowly she threaded her way back through the moving mass of bodies.
28. The author skilfully draws together the different threads of the plot.
29. Instruments developed at the hospital allow doctors to thread microscopic telescopes into the digestive tract.
30. The ship threaded her way between the hidden rocks.
31. With the thread in her hand, the loving mother makes clothes for her son, who then travels far away from home.
32. The thread running through many of these proposals was the theme of individual power and opportunity.
33. If life is a quilt, love should be a thread.
34. Another thread running through this series is the role of doctors in the treatment of the mentally ill.
35. It just so happened that while she was sipping some tea, one of the cocoons that she had collected landed in the hot tea and started to unravel into a fine thread.
36. The first rule—examine your life—is the common thread that runs through the entire book.
37. If life is a quilt, then love should be thread.
38. Let me now pull together the threads of my argument.
39. The thread unwound a little more.
40. It's difficult to wind off all the thread.
41. The thread kept getting caught around the needle.
42. He took a needle and thread and sewed it up.
43. Elizabeth absent-mindedly picked a thread from his lapel.
44. A common thread runs through these discussions.
45. It took me a long time to thread my way through the crowd.
46. The blue fabric was interwoven with red and gold thread.
47. A tiny wire is threaded through a vein to the heart.
48. We threaded through a network of back streets.
49. One strand of silk doesn't make a thread; one tree doesn't make a forest.
50. Air ducts and electrical cables were threaded through the complex structure.
51. The screw threads will be able to get a good grip.
52. Many women have been able to pick up the threads of their former career.