How to Use spindle in a Sentence
spindle
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Twist your spindle into the bow string so that the string wraps around it once.
—Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023
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Divide between 2 large soup bowls and spindle with goat cheese.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 23 June 2021
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There are areas that are nothing but white ash and some little spindle trees.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2021
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On a table were miniature looms for children, and a small drop spindle.
—Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 28 June 2018
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At first blush, this might seem like a non-issue—who wouldn't prefer a drive with a faster spindle speed?
—Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2020
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The spindle legs and arms give it that retro charm, and the plush cushions are comfortable.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
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The tiered top drawer has a pleasing design with the drop spindle design.
—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2019
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About a third of the display is wrapped around a spindle at the bottom, facing backward.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 9 May 2022
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The spacing between them is enough that children can become trapped in the spindles.
—The Arizona Republic, 21 Aug. 2023
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These are also great for cleaning between small spaces if your bed has spindles or small crevices.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 20 May 2026
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These are also great for cleaning between small spaces if your bed has spindles or small crevices.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
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Once tightened between those two flanges, the wheel is locked securely to the spindle and spins.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2023
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Up front, however, the spindle grille is taken to an even greater extreme.
—Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 15 Jan. 2018
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Bring along your spinning wheel, drop spindle, knitting or current craft project and a sack lunch, and join us for the day.
—Mary Mooney, OregonLive.com, 5 Feb. 2018
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The spindle’s life, after all, is a bit of a paradox, Dumont said.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2026
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The bookkeeper went up to his abacus hanging on a nail and slid a black bead from right to left along its spindle.
—Joanne Turnbull, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020
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Only yesterday the bookkeeper had slid a ninth white bead from right to left along its spindle.
—Joanne Turnbull, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020
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It is shaped like the love child of a conical junonia sea shell and the spindle-like fusilli pasta.
—Nik Sharma, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Dec. 2017
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On a busy day, when Liam’s would sell hundreds of shakes, Liam had all nine spindles going at once.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019
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There are also two drawers, and the spindle legs and visible woodgrain give it a down-home feel.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
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Depending on whether the break was at the top or bottom of the spindle, the bend in the shape might not wind up a perfect match.
—Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2020
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But one of its spindles was deeply cracked and a piece knocked out while being shipped home by UPS.
—Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2019
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The spindle is made from polished stainless steel and rotates in a low-friction brass-bearing well.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 3 May 2022
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One carpet is attached to the wall on a spindle, as if to say that the carpets are not precious, but sold off the rack by the yard.
—New York Times, 30 June 2022
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With the spindle in the bow string, hold the fire board down with one foot and place one end of the spindle on top of the V on the fire board.
—Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023
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There’s cracks in the window panes; there’s missing spindles on the stairs; there’s evidence of where maybe a cup was thrown at the wall.
—Elaina Patton, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025
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The company made sure of that with what looks like one of the wildest interpretations yet of its spindle grille.
—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Apr. 2023
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Now Brigham is left with what toilet paper is on the spindles in the bathrooms and boxes of tissue.
—Karina Bland, azcentral, 15 Mar. 2020
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Simply place the platter on the spindle and pull the belt out slightly at the top corner to pull it over the motor pulley.
—Brad Moon, Forbes, 7 May 2022
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This bed adds serious Southern charm with its spindle accents.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
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