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Recent Examples of thready
His pulse was thready and fast, his belly distended, his bowel ominously silent.
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Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2011
Simard’s transformative contribution to arboreal science has been to explain the function of mycorrhizal networks—a webbing of thready fungi, reticulated through and expanding beyond tree roots, fastening trees to one another in the soil.
—Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
Similar to Sporothrix, Coccidioides has two forms, starting with a thready, fragile one that exists in soil and breaks apart when soil is disturbed.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 19 May 2021
Many patients, despite a thready pulse and low blood pressure, did not appear to be in clinical shock.
—Jennet Conant, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
Those on the brink of death — pale complexion, thready pulse — got red.
—Matt Hamilton, latimes.com, 4 Oct. 2017
Mushrooms grow from a thready substance called mycelia that sits just underground, spreading across a region to encourage growth of the fungi fruit.
—Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
Mushrooms grow from a thready substance called mycelia that sits just underground, spreading across a region to encourage growth of the fungi fruit.
—Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2011
Simard’s transformative contribution to arboreal science has been to explain the function of mycorrhizal networks—a webbing of thready fungi, reticulated through and expanding beyond tree roots, fastening trees to one another in the soil.
—Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
Similar to Sporothrix, Coccidioides has two forms, starting with a thready, fragile one that exists in soil and breaks apart when soil is disturbed.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 19 May 2021
Many patients, despite a thready pulse and low blood pressure, did not appear to be in clinical shock.
—Jennet Conant, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
Those on the brink of death — pale complexion, thready pulse — got red.
—Matt Hamilton, latimes.com, 4 Oct. 2017
Mushrooms grow from a thready substance called mycelia that sits just underground, spreading across a region to encourage growth of the fungi fruit.
—Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
Mushrooms grow from a thready substance called mycelia that sits just underground, spreading across a region to encourage growth of the fungi fruit.
—Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thready
Adjective
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With a rocker’s bleached-out shag, ropy arms vined with tattoos and jangly silver bracelets, and skintight jeans slashed by rips and rivets, Mr. Webb was a proudly resolute bearer of the punk-glam torch, even as the decades moved inexorably along.—
Penelope Green,
New York Times,
16 Apr. 2020
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Nearly 2m Ukrainians have arrived since 2014, pushed by a ropy national economy and a war in the country’s east, and pulled by higher wages in Poland.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
22 Feb. 2020
Adjective
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These may resemble stringy algae or kelp plants that attach to rocks and other objects within the spring.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
4 July 2025
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The long stringy hair on our local lady newscasters needs to improve.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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The fibrous skin of the pod is ground and turned into a pasta-like product or a bread flour.—
Steven Savage,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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After removing a stalk, peel away the fibrous layers to reveal the inner white stalk or heart.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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This gives the roots a knotty appearance from which its common name is derived.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 July 2025
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United’s midfield is a knotty situation that may require two signings, but budgets may only stretch to one player.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
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“Thready.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thready. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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