"strand" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- I promise to leave strands of your hair at every crime I commit hereafter.
- That evening, I forgot to turn off the water heater after a quick and stealthy bath and compounded the error by leaving strands of hair in the plughole.
- She preferred this unfashionable style because it left few loose strands to catch on branches and twigs.
- Since the LTRs have the same sequence they will leave complementary strands exposed if they are removed.
- And not by a knife, because a knife sharp enough to sever joints did not leave stringy strands of flesh.
- As the smaller larvae move about they leave strands of silk behind, netting the leaves with a silvery film.
- The slim trees bowed out of her way or broke, leaving long strands of willow-leaves draped across her shoulders.
- Her face was the creased bark of the oldest oak, her hair had thinned almost to baldness, leaving white strands trailing from a pink scalp.
- "She'd been in my car dozens of times," Allison said, "so I didn't care if she left strands of hair or fabric behind her."
- It could not usually be bought as such, but instead prepared by leaving several strands of liquorice to diffuse in water for a period of time before drinking.
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