How to Use twine in a Sentence

twine

1 of 2 noun

• The package was wrapped in brown paper and tied with twine.
• Knot the twine against the bar of the cage.
  — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 15 Mar. 2026
• Cut off the kitchen twine, carve and serve with a side of toum.
  — Ori Menashe, Robb Report, 7 June 2021
• Thread twine through the top part of the tube, and hang from a branch.
  — Farima Ferguson, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
• Add a small twine bow to finish your project.
  — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
• Use heavy stones or twine to secure the cloth in place.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
• Thread twine through the hole in the handle and hang from a nail.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2023
• To get started, paint the cans or wrap them with twine for style.
  — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
• Drill small holes in the tops of these mushroom forms to thread twine through.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
• Finish your gift with a tag and a length of ribbon or twine.
  — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2025
• Bunch the stalks in groups and tie them together with twine.
  — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
• This recipe must be made in advance and requires kitchen twine.
  — Star Tribune, 8 Jan. 2021
• The twine cutter doubles to crack open a beer at the end of the day.
  — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• Pull the edges up and wrap the yogurt tightly and tie with kitchen twine.
  — Star Tribune, 14 July 2021
• The long twine of a decade, hold the tattoo needle to skin and sew habibti.
  — Hala Alyan, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
• If yours doesn't, use cotton twine (ask your butcher for some).
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
• Tie legs together with kitchen twine.
  — Alexia Duchêne, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026
• Fill the body with straw or dry grass, and tie off the arm and leg holes with twine to secure.
  — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2025
• To hang, tie a wire or twine around the top of the milk jug to create a hanging loop.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2025
• Use rubber bands or twine to hold the bundled fabric in place.
  — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
• Glue it onto a brown piece of paper, and add twine for more detail.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 13 July 2023
• Change the twine or ribbon color to match the rest of your tablescape.
  — Jamie Wiebe, House Beautiful, 20 July 2023
• All of us use twine and lines to tie objects together and to tie things up.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2021
• Once solid, remove and discard the twine and tape from each glass.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
• Trim into the shape of a fish’s tail, and cinch with twine or pipe cleaner to hold the shape.
  — Ruth A. Musgrave, National Geographic, 1 July 2020
• As the vine grows, tie it to the window’s framework using twine.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 31 Mar. 2023
• Stoeber had lots of leftover twine from years of feeding his cows bales of hay.
  — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
• Use wire to pull the twine through the holes, then loop them over sturdy plant holders in the ground.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
• Leave enough twine to hang over the table's edge 6 to 8 inches.
  — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
• Then wrap some sphagnum moss around the roots and tie it together with jute twine.
  — Alysha Witwicki, Journal Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2022

twine

2 of 2 verb

• Once you're done, simply attach them to twine.
  — Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 16 Mar. 2026
• Two wild-haired young people in front of us twine their arms around each other’s necks.
  — Claire Dederer, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2022
• No gloom-dark tree-glitter winding and twining its silks.
  — The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
• The thin, wiry stems climb by twining to cover a trellis, arbor, or fence.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
• Plant the vine next to a trellis, tree trunk, or open framework to give stems support for twining.
  — Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
• Set it on a bookshelf or plant stand, wrap its vines on picture frames or shelves, and your hoya will slowly twine up them.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Jan. 2026
• Gaffney leads me to the spinning room to witness a blur of threads rapidly twining around spinning cones.
  — Shane C Kurup, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
• Think tall plants with large, dramatic leaves and twining vines that can climb up a shelf or spill out of a container.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
• Plants grow as a twining vine that benefits from an arbor or trellis for support.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
• The carport is where Marzan sits cross-legged for hours looping coconut coir, making nets and twining.
  — Sarah Sekula, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
• Doree is lavish and royal with golden pillars and a twining wine cellar at its center.
  — Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
• Up high, fresh laundry quivers in the breeze like bunting, pegged precariously to twine stretched taut between windows.
  — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 3 June 2026
• Swatches of crimson and beige cloth affixed to twine mimic laundry hung out to dry; a tiny heap of metal filings and a few stones make a neat bird’s nest.
  — The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2021
• Unlike climbing vines that can twine or twist, these roses can’t attach themselves without your assistance.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020
• On the surface, Nora is a dizzy, much indulged wife, skilled at twining Torvald around her finger.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2023
• At his best, McCann does an assiduous, subtle job of twining his metaphors through everyday life.
  — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
• Once the cucumbers start to vine, coax the vines to climb the trellis by twining them around the trellis with your fingers and securing them in place, if needed, with plant clips or garden twine.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2025
• Grief and love and infatuation and resiliency are all twined together to create a story that feels so grounded in reality.
  — Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 19 June 2026
• Nyoni wisely subtitles the whole film so that even non-Zambians can be immersed in this twining stream of words without worrying too much about the switching currents.
  — Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
• Some, such as climbing roses, need to be physically attached to structures, while others, such as morning glories, are twining and will loop themselves around trellis openings.
  — Deb Wiley, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2024
• Attach important photos to construction paper and hang them from string or a clothesline using clothespins (if your party is indoors, attach them to twine or ribbon and hang from a mantel or across a wall).
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2022
• Blooms provide an early source of nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators, while songbirds shelter and build nests among the twining branches.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 July 2026
• Over the past 25 years, Marzan has perfected multiple fiber-weaving techniques, including plaiting, twining, netting and cord-making.
  — Sarah Sekula, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
• Even so, the Tower of Dimon, sitting at the intersection of finance and real estate, twines itself literally through the physical city, from the train tunnels below to the sidewalk and up to the skyline — and through its urban culture, too.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2025