thready Sentence Examples
- The threadlike pulse was thready and barely detectable.
- The surgical sutures were thready and easily broken.
- The old woman's voice was thready and frail.
- The injured bird's heartbeat was thready and irregular.
- The thready tendrils of smoke drifted lazily into the sky.
- The thready vines clung to the wall, providing a precarious support.
- The thready branches of the willow tree swayed gently in the breeze.
- The wound was so deep that only a thready sliver of muscle remained.
- The thready gauze bandage failed to stop the bleeding.
- The thready thread in the needle was nearly invisible, making it difficult to sew.
thready Meaning
Wordnet
thready (s)
forming viscous or glutinous threads
thin in diameter; resembling a thread
Webster
thready (a.)
Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.
Containing, or consisting of, thread.
Synonyms & Antonyms of thready
FAQs About the word thready
forming viscous or glutinous threads, thin in diameter; resembling a threadLike thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub., Containing, or
fibrous, stringy,ropey, knotty, ropy,wiry,sinewy
No antonyms found.
The threadlike pulse was thready and barely detectable.
The surgical sutures were thready and easily broken.
The old woman's voice was thready and frail.
The injured bird's heartbeat was thready and irregular.
