How to Use bobbin in a Sentence

bobbin

noun

• 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
• All of the windings are wrapped around a black plastic bobbin.
  — Eric Schlaepfer, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2023
• Bring your sewing machine with pre-wound bobbins and a brown bag lunch.
  — Courant Community, 24 Apr. 2018
• This happens because the bobbin thread ends up in a zigzag.
  — Vanessa Nirode, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2020
• 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
• 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
• This is often a plastic piece that fits over your bobbin winder.
  — Vanessa Nirode, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2020
• 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
• Most machines include a bobbin and a presser foot, but some include much more.
  — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• For something more traditional, try the classic look of bobbin chairs and a settee.
  — Katie Laughridge Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 18 June 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Taylor warns that winding a bobbin can be tricky initially.
  — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2023
• Yarn or fiber is spun using the winding technique, as it is converted onto a spindle or bobbin.
  — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 5 Jan. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Thread the bobbin, following the sewing-machine instructions.
  — Faith Bottum, WSJ, 5 May 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• There's also and handy automatic bobbin-winding system.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2022
• 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

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024