Strands In A Sentence

Q: How to use strands in a sentence?

1. Fasten the three strands together and then braid. 2. Are they the strands of thy smooth, glossy hair? 3. Presently more strands came beating down on the spume to sting him. 4. The strands will presently be so weak that they will snap altogether. 5. Soon some of the strands were forced between propeller and shaft-casing.

Definition of Strands

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of strand | plural of strand

How To Use Strands In A Sentence?

And her fingers were plucking spontaneously at the strands of wool drawn down from it.
There was a rawhide lariat that had parted its strands in a tussle with a stubborn cow.
As many of these strands must be used as can be tied on the loom without crowding.
That abaca is used to whip the strands of cables of the ships and boats instead of hemp.
When she finally closed the window, her hair was in little strands about her face.
Next he cut a piece from the shroud, and painstakingly unravelled strands from the rope.
With her left hand she brushed away the strands of hair the wind had blown across her eyes.
Well, the bird lays the first strands of the foundation and then goes in search of more material.

His eyes were closed, and wet strands of dark hair were plastered over his forehead.
But her wings were torn, and her feet were shackled by the fine strands that still adhered.
As she bent her head over the rose, silken strands of her hair blew in my face.
Suddenly they found that the strands were parting one by one, frayed on a sharp edge of rock.
Teodoro knelt in the dust, drew his knife and cut loose strands of the long mane hair.
For the fringe, cut strands of brown six inches long, and knot a strand in each stitch.
The 4X has strung three strands of barb wire from Coyote Pass to the North Arm.
Of late he had noted how the cinch of his working saddle was weakening; some of the strands had parted even.

In some mills they draw the cotton out into these long strands and double together four or eight slivers before they are carded.
But he marveled again and again at the hungry things that made a mesh of ropy strands across the smooth area about the ship.
Wind the strands tightly together with a strand of raffia, one end of which is threaded through a large needle.
The ends of the strands used in this way form the fringe, which is trimmed to the desired length when the weaving is done.
There need be no waste if this operation is carefully done, as good silk will always divide into strands without fraying.
Two high-wound locking relays are bridged across the line, the cord strands being divided by 1-microfarad condensers.
For wet doubling, the strands pass through a trough containing water, and the flannel surfaces are also wet.
After notching their ends, he laid the two longer ones side by side and bound the ends together with strands from the parachute rope.

Her hair hung in long golden strands on each side of her face, her eyes shone like stars, her cheeks were flushed.
The metal glowed, and the man was writhing in silent self-torture when at last he threw his weight upon the strands and fell backward to the floor.
As a series they are as necessary to one another as the three strands of a cable, and yet each volume is, in a certain way, completed in itself.
This whip was made of braided strands of walrus hide, and tapered from a thickness of two inches at the butt to one long single strand at the tip.
Using the rose floss, cut about 40 strands 8 inches long, tie in the center, fold where tied and tie again below.
The halter is made of strands of buffalo-hair platted together; or is merely a thong of raw hide, made pliant by pounding and rubbing.
It was opened questioningly by a little mouse of a woman, with great brown eyes, and gray strands mixing in her bright, brown hair.
Again, "stock gone a little loco" would often charge straight through the rigid and ripping wire barriers as though their strands were of thread.

Between the creel and the spindles all the strands are kept equally tense by drawing them over flannel-covered boards and under porcelain weights.