His thick lower lip hung down as if invisible threads pulled on it.

In contrast to straight threads that are found on a bolt, a taper thread will pull tight and therefore make a fluid-tight seal.

The thread pulled the fourth button loose.

There wasn't a button missing, not a thread pulled, not a stain.

A thread of strand they'd used to communicate secretly had pulled from her eye, leaving in its wake some sparkling anesthetic that blurred her vision on that side.

Hoping the case would unravel like the sleeve of a cheap robe when the first thread pulled lose, Maniakes walked out to the entrance.

In one corner stood a spinning wheel, the threads still pulled tight.

The thread pulls right out.

Kaska hesitated again, the thread pulled tight.

Still, around the edges, loose threads are already pulling.