Twine Sentence Examples

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  • He handed the ball of twine to her.

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  • She wound the twine around her finger.

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  • She plucked a piece of twine from the hay on the floor.

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  • The roll of twine was getting small, and it was a nuisance to hold the spool while trying to turn pages, so she unrolled the rest of the twine and tied the end around her waist.

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  • He tugged at the twine around her waist.

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  • The principal industries include paper-making, brewing, the making of nets and twine, bricks, tiles and pottery, tanning and oil-refining, besides saltworks and seed-crushing works.

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  • Rope and twine making, iron-founding and brewing are carried on, and the town has long been famous for its gingerbread.

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  • In 1910 a binding twine factory was established in the prison.

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  • He tugged on the twine.

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  • When they reached the beginning, he sawed the twine in two, freeing the tree.

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  • Brooklyn is also an important place for the milling of coffee and spices (the 1905 product was valued at $15,274,092), the building of small boats, and the manufacture of foundry and machine shop products, malt liquors, barrels, shoes, chemicals, paints, cordage, twine, and hosiery and other knitted goods.

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  • Megan dropped the twine on a shelf beside the door and stepped outside to welcome Clara.

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  • The sun was directly overhead when the twine was stretched as far as she could go.

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  • It was tempting to untie the twine from her waist and wander a little further, but the forest was too confusing.

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  • Even now she wouldn't be sure which way to go back to the cabin if the twine didn't indicate the direction.

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  • In the manufacture of these the substances were reduced to the form of slender filaments, shreds, rods, splints, yarn, twine and sennit or braid.

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  • The principal buildings are the market-house and town hall, and the industries include distilling, brewing, tanning, the making of net, rope and twine and woollen manufactures.

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  • The industries include salmon fishing, deep-sea fishing, the making of rope and twine and the freestone quarries of the neighbourhood.

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  • The parts of the leaf are frequently transformed into tendrils, with the view of enabling the plants to twine round others for support.

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  • The Shawsheen river supplies power for a considerable manufacturing industry (twine, woollens and rubber goods being manufactured) in the villages of Andover, Ballardville and Frye.

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  • In 1890 the operatives in the jute and hemp industry numbered 39,885, and in 1901 they were (including workers in canvas, sacking, sailcloth, rope, twine, mats, cocoa fibre) 46,550.

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  • A silk ribbon was tied to the end of the twine next the hand, and a key suspended at the junction of the twine and silk.

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  • To keep the silk ribbon dry, he stood within a door, taking care that the twine did not touch the frame of the door; and when the thunder-clouds came over the kite he watched the state of the string.

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  • At last, however, he saw the loose filaments of the twine standing out every way, and he found them to be attracted by the approach of his finger.

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  • Tie some butchers twine around each shank.

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  • Tie the packets closed with a piece of kitchen twine.

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  • When the meat is cool, gently pat away the excess oil on the surface and cut away the twine.

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  • Curly ribbon is a perennial favorite, but simple colored twine or yarn can make a nice complement to your decor.

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  • The two recurring melodies twine around each other in an elegant dance that adds to the depth of emotion.

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  • She darted for the door and tripped over a piece of twine, plunging to the hay.

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  • As she sorted through the items, she noticed two spools of twine.

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  • After Megan saw her off, she returned to the shed and retrieved the twine.

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  • Carefully, she wound the twine around the broken broom handle, tying the two ends when she started on the second spool.

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  • At the path entrance, she tied one end of the twine around a tree and started down the trail, allowing the twine to unwind from the handle as she did so.

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  • In one smooth movement he jerked the machete from the log and chopped the twine in two.

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  • As they reached the clearing, Justin stooped and retrieved the twine, winding it into a ball as they continued back toward the house.

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  • Selby is the centre of a rich agricultural district, and its industries include rope and twine making, flax-scutching, boatbuilding, iron-founding, tanning and brewing.

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  • The city has a considerable trade with the surrounding country, in which large quantities of tobacco and hemp are produced; its manufactures include lumber, brooms, chairs, shoes, hemp twine, canned vegetables and glass bottles.

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  • Instead of the expensive mile-long stout hemp lines used and since 1887 those of the prince of Monaco in his yachts, as by Ross, Maury introduced a ball of strong twine attached to a well as numerous Danish vessels in the sea between Iceland and cannon shot, which ran it out rapidly; when the bottom was Greenland, conspicuous amongst which were the expeditions reached the twine was cut and the depth deduced from the length in1896-1898on board the " Ingolf."

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  • To do this with a heavy lead Sea in 1895-1898, while the Russians investigated the Black attached required a very strong hemp line, and the twine used Sea in 1890-1893.

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  • The northern Algonquin and Iroquoian tribes practised similar arts, and in the Atlantic states wove robes of animal and bird skins by cutting the latter into long strips, winding these strips on twine of hemp, and weaving them by the same processes employed in their basketry.

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  • In northern Mexico net-work, rude lace-work in twine, are followed farther south, where finer material existed, by figured weaving of most intricate type and pattern; warps were crossed and wrapped, wefts were omitted and texture changed, so as to produce marvellous effects upon the surface.

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  • When used to hunt rabbits it is provided with a muzzle, or, better and more usual, a cope, made by looping and knotting twine about the head and snout, in order to prevent it killing its quarry, in which case it would gorge itself and go to sleep in the hole.

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  • Among its manufactures are cotton goods, iron, lumber, nets and twine, bricks, and carriages and wagons.

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  • One of the big 10,000-acre farms will use up two car-loads of twine in a single harvest, enough to lay a line around the whole coast of England, Ireland and Scotland.

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  • The baler packs the hay tight in bales and the bales are tied with two loops of baling twine.

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  • The reed was attached to the purlins under strips of split hazel, which were then tied down with hemp twine.

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  • First we analyze the motion of the twine of a sewing machine.

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  • A Fisherman's Knot is formed from two identical overhand knots pushed together but it is only suitable for small diameter ropes or twine.

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  • A single sweet pea plant is tied onto each cane using twine or sweet pea rings.

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  • An alternative method of joining the single twine to the double corner can be used.

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  • You may recall that on his arrival last year he brought orange baler twine to the nest and got caught up.

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  • The canes were tied together to form the dragon shape across the hut with old baler twine.

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  • The dwelling is made from wood, heather, cow dung, mud, stones, straw and binder twine.

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  • String or garden twine can damage the trunk or kill the tree.

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  • Climbers Name Common name Comments Lonicera Honeysuckle Climbing varieties twine through shrubs and supports and have trumpet shaped flowers, most are scented.

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  • The state institutions consist of state hospitals for the insane at St Peter (1866), at Rochester (1877), established originally as a state inebriate asylum under a law taxing liquor dealers for that purpose, which was subsequently held to be unconstitutional, at Fergus Falls (1887), at Anoka (1900) and at Hastings (1900); the state institute for defectives at Faribault, consisting of the schools for the deaf (1863), blind (1874) and feeble-minded (1879); the state public school for dependent and neglected children at Owatonna (1886); a sanatorium for consumptives at Walker; a hospital for indigent, crippled or deformed children (1907) at St Paul; the state training school for boys near Red Wing; a similar industrial school for girls (established separately in 1907) at Sauk Center; the state reformatory at St Cloud (1887), intermediate between the training school and the state prison, for first offenders between the ages of sixteen and thirty years, in which indeterminate sentences and a parole system are in operation; the state prison at Stillwater (1851), in which there is a parole system and a graded system of diminution of sentence for good conduct, and in which, up to 1895, prisoners were leased under contract (especially to the Minnesota Thresher Company), and since 1895 have been employed in the manufacture of shoes and of binding twine, and in providing for the needs of the prison population; and the state soldiers home occupying fifty-one acres adjoining Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis.

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  • However, tho sailcloth manufacturers are not shown to be in Yeovil, rope and twine, and sack and sacking manufacturers are included.

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  • Their own mothers should not have to twine string in the square of your city.

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  • After you've collected a few, tie them with twine.

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  • Harvest several full stems of basil then tie the bundles together on one end with twine.

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  • Leave a loop in the twine at one end and hang upside down in a dry place where the stems can dry undisturbed.

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  • Roll the lamb into a roll and tie off with butcher's twine.

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  • You tie the cheesecloth closed with some butchers twine and this makes it easier to remove the herbs before serving your osso buco.

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  • Using kitchen twine, tie the tenderloin so that it will maintain its shape.

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  • Ink each shape, then string them from a piece of twine or embroidery floss.

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  • Treated as half-hardy annuals, and grown in a light fertile soil, they are interesting for open borders; the climbing species, such as lateritia, require branches to twine among.

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  • Another option is jute cord or twine to gently tie your plants to the poles or cages you have purchased.

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  • To avoid problems down the road, evaluate the door studs by running twine across opposite corners of the door opening from floor to lintel.

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  • Remove the twine from the braciole and slice into ½ inch slices.

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  • If you're planning to make strings of cranes, you'll also need a needle and sturdy twine to create the crane garlands.

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  • Place the Pillow Pet™ into a white pillowcase and tie off the open end with a piece of twine, thread or unwaxed dental floss.

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  • You may need to tie-up some meats with cooking twine to keep them from falling apart.

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  • Some materials such as string or twine are not heat proof and may catch alight.

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  • Create a decorative gift tag and tie it around the top of the jar with a pretty ribbon or decorative twine.

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  • Try varying this traditional craft by drying thin slices of apples in the oven and stringing them on twine.

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  • To make the presentation fancy, use ribbons or twine and a pretty gift card, or put your creations in a decorative Christmas tin.

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  • Vines and leaves can twine into concentric circles, and barbed wire also makes a striking pattern.

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  • Cuttings from evergreens and hollies can be used to make wreaths or swags-simply tie them to a wreath form or a piece of rope or twine with florist wire.

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  • Materials needed for this project include two paper plates, two feet of curling ribbon, a one-hole punch, string or twine and a bag of jingle bells.

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  • Tie the bar with twine, then add a tag describing the soap ingredients.

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  • A few bracelets are made with cord or twine.

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  • Finish the frame and the can by using twine, rickrack, string, or yarn to create edging.

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  • Using cooking twine, tie the tenderloin in four equally spaced places to help it keeps its shape during the searing process.

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  • They have got up to everything from making nettle twine to extracting honey from our beehives at previous sessions.

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  • The illustrative strings and the orange stick representing the poles seemed so real that even to this day the mere mention of temperate zone suggests a series of twine circles; and I believe that if any one should set about it he could convince me that white bears actually climb the North Pole.

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  • The principal manufactures are cordage and twine, agricultural implements, engines, pianos, boots and shoes, cotton and woollen goods, carpets and rugs, rubber goods, flour and machinery.

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