How to Use spindle in a Sentence

spindle

noun
Definition of spindlenext
Synonyms for spindlenext
  • And the spindle of the hole was in the middle of the mouth.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Weld spindle brackets to the front corners of the frame.
    — Harry Sawyers, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2015
  • Twist your spindle into the bow string so that the string wraps around it once.
    — Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023
  • 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
  • In the case of this DeWalt grinder, the spindle lock button is located at the rear of the gear case.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The weighted spindle would spin and twist fibers into yarn.
    — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 16 June 2019
  • In his suit, Ulis asks that he and a DNA expert be allowed to collect swabs from the spindle.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
  • While across the hall stands a highboy with spindle legs that give away its age - sometime in the early 1700s.
    — Joan Hunt, Courant Community, 21 Dec. 2017
  • About a third of the display is wrapped around a spindle at the bottom, facing backward.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 9 May 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • The train shuffled field after tree after field, as Dada did with cards and me as a spindle at the heart of it, the last still thing in the world.
    — Vona Groarke, The New York Review of Books, 7 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • Once tightened between those two flanges, the wheel is locked securely to the spindle and spins.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • On a table were miniature looms for children, and a small drop spindle.
    — Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 28 June 2018
  • The spacing between them is enough that children can become trapped in the spindles.
    — The Arizona Republic, 21 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • The tiered top drawer has a pleasing design with the drop spindle design.
    — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • The benches were made of steel and the spindles on them were originally part of the gate at his grandmother’s house.
    — Lyndi McNulty, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 14 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • Divide between 2 large soup bowls and spindle with goat cheese.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 23 June 2021
  • The quarter panels high on the sides of the car flare away from the center while the door panels pull inward; the spindle shape appears again in the rear fascia.
    — Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 15 May 2017
  • There are areas that are nothing but white ash and some little spindle trees.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2021
  • The company's employees will use a reusable spindle that's cleaned after each McFlurry to replace the job of the old spoons.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The thick, woody stalks from wildflowers like goldenrod can work as effective spindles.
    — Bradley Duncan, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2023

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