spindles

"The museum display showed how wool was spun using hand-held spindles, twisting the fibers into thread. "

"the spindle of a vane"

"The woodworker carefully adjusted the speed of the spindles on the lathe to carve the table legs. "

"My grandmother grows spindles in her garden, hoping to revive the old craft of hand-spinning wool. "

"The busy office assistant used spindles to keep the completed order forms organized on her desk. "

"The watchmaker carefully polished the spindles inside the antique pocket watch. "

"The thin, bare branches of the winter tree looked like delicate spindles reaching towards the sky. "

"The factory ordered five spindles of cotton yarn, which equals 75,600 yards of material for making fabric. "

"The woodworker shaped the table legs into elegant spindles using a lathe. "

"The beachcomber carefully added the delicate spindles, with their elongated shapes, to her collection of seashells. "

"The collector displayed several spindles in her aquarium, each with a gracefully elongated, fusiform shell. "

"During cell division, the spindles ensure that each new cell receives the correct number of chromosomes. "

"While hiking near the New Jersey coast, my grandfather, who grew up there, pointed out a dragonfly and called it a "spindle," explaining it was an old name used in the area. "