"a mere ribbon of land" "the lighted ribbon of traffic" "from the air the road was a grey thread" "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
"I couldn't follow his train of thought" "he lost the thread of his argument"
"the river winds through the hills" "the path meanders through the vineyards" "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
"thread a needle"
"She had her eyebrows threaded"
"thread tape" "thread film"
"string pearls on a string" "the child drew glass beads on a string" "thread dried cranberries"