How to Use bobbin in a Sentence
bobbin
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The girl in the foreground, a skinny teenager, pulls a thread from a bobbin that seems to hang in the air.
—Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 18 Nov. 2019
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All of the windings are wrapped around a black plastic bobbin.
—Eric Schlaepfer, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2023
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Bring your sewing machine with pre-wound bobbins and a brown bag lunch.
—Courant Community, 24 Apr. 2018
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This happens because the bobbin thread ends up in a zigzag.
—Vanessa Nirode, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2020
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The bobbin will hold small to medium-sized spools of line and apply pressure to the spool while winding.
—Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
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In the 1960s, in department stores and even five-and-dimes, there were lots of little sewing things — zippers and bobbins and threads.
—Debra Weiner, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
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This is often a plastic piece that fits over your bobbin winder.
—Vanessa Nirode, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2020
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Lightning has burned little holes in one of the mailboxes, and a screw on a wire bobbin has become welded to the frame.
—George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2013
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Most machines include a bobbin and a presser foot, but some include much more.
—Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2022
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The streamlined functions are great for a beginner learning the rhythm of using a sewing machine, and the thread is easy to change, thanks to a design where the bobbin drops in from the top.
—Popular Science, 21 Oct. 2020
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At the base of the launch pad, a spool called a bobbin holds hundreds of meters of wire -- enough for several experiments.
—George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2013
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Helen’s crib has bobbin turnings on the legs inspired by Erin’s childhood bed, a Jenny Lind.
—Leigh Crandall, Country Living, 6 May 2021
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Many are total newbies who don’t know the difference between a bobbin winder and a stitch width dial.
—Richard Marini, ExpressNews.com, 10 July 2020
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For something more traditional, try the classic look of bobbin chairs and a settee.
—Katie Laughridge Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 18 June 2021
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The turned-wood furniture — the bobbin chairs and side tables in the great room, the spool beds upstairs — conveys a country feeling without being rough or heavy.
—Celia Barbour, House Beautiful, 13 Dec. 2016
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There’s a guy, a highly polished machine, a bench crowded with small tools, bobbins, gears, and lubricants.
—Arthur Longworth, The New York Review of Books, 12 Apr. 2020
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The super-sharp scissors and easy-revolving bobbin in this kit will help beginners advance to the next level with ease.
—Outdoor Life, 21 Jan. 2021
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Taylor warns that winding a bobbin can be tricky initially.
—Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2023
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Yarn or fiber is spun using the winding technique, as it is converted onto a spindle or bobbin.
—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 5 Jan. 2023
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There are 27 stitches to choose from on the front knob, and the model features an automatic needle-threader and a drop-in top bobbin to prevent jamming.
—Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2022
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This iconic piece of furniture was named after the Swedish singer, who was said to have slept exclusively on beds with bobbin turnings while on tour.
—Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 7 May 2021
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Thread the bobbin, following the sewing-machine instructions.
—Faith Bottum, WSJ, 5 May 2022
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No Available in three sizes, with and without a footboard, the Webster bed is Serena & Lily's fresh take on bobbin furniture, which was popular throughout much of the 17th century.
—Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 22 Dec. 2022
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At the time, bobbin furniture, also called spool furniture, was often glazed wood, but Serena & Lily's version is a bit more modern with black and white finishes.
—Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 22 Dec. 2022
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Inside the factory, over a dozen machines assembled masks at a rate of 80 per minute, combining synthetic fibers unfurled from giant bobbins, and stamping each with nose strips, head ties or ear loops.
—Liz Alderman, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
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The formula was basic: to carve wood into small, semiabstract forms resembling spoons, chess pieces, African sculptures (and works by Brancusi and Giacometti), bones, bobbins, balls, melon slices, sand dollars and toy boats.
—Roberta Smith, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2017
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Highlights include swap meet with antiques and collectibles, engines and equipment and Fiber arts Fiesta, including hand crafts, fiber arts vendors, weavers, spinners, dyers, felters, and bobbin lacers and classes.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
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There's also and handy automatic bobbin-winding system.
—Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2022
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For anyone who has retreated in frustration from their sewing machine, defeated by bobbins, uncontrollable thread tension and undecipherable dress patterns, stitchery as creative fun might be a foreign concept.
—Kathy Routliffe, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018
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