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How to use bead in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Bead means prayer, later especially with a rosary. Example: “She drew a bead on the target and fired.”

Examples of bead by meaning

nounEach in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.

  • Holonym: prayer beads

nounVarious small, round solid objects.

  • Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200

nounA small drop of water or other liquid.

  • beads of sweat

nounA small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming.

  • She drew a bead on the target and fired.

nounKnowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.

  • We now have a bead on the main technical issues for the project

nounA glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths...

  • the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.

verbTo form into a bead.

  • The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish.

verbTo apply beads to.

  • She spent the morning beading the gown.

More sentences with bead

  • You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.From the entry string
  • The hunter unslung his rifle and took a bead on the hare.From the entry unsling
  • I'll string together these beads to make a necklace for you.From the entry string together
  • I'll string these beads together to make a necklace for you.From the entry string together
  • Every third bead was red, and the rest were blue. The sequence was thus red, blue, blue, red, blue, blue etc.From the entry every
  • She jingled the beads as she walked.From the entry jingle
  • Aggri beads are found in Ashantee and Fantee in Africa.From the entry aggry
  • The beads jingled as she walked.From the entry jingle
  • Around 25 million pounds of used Mardi Gras beads are thrown away every year.2026 February 17, Simmone Shah, “Biodegradable Beads Are Helping Mardi Gras Go Green”, in TIME, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2026. From the entry clog
  • It mainly teaches aboriginal handicrafts which include cloth weaving, Polymer clay prin, and bead chains.2021 June 21, “原住民族委員會因應嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎振興措施行動支付回饋”, in 原住民族委員會全球資訊網, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2022, page 15. From the entry Tahsi
  • Suits didn't wear suits any more—they wore Tibetan prayer beads coiled around their wrists.2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN. From the entry prayer beads
  • The most prized river shrimp tends to be small, resembling an agate bead.2019 January 31, Jenny Wang, “Chinese New Year: auspicious dishes around China, from ‘accessible windfall’ to ‘a room of gold and…. From the entry Gaoyou
  • So the dish represents a pairing of agate beads and gold ingots, representing affluence.”2019 January 31, Jenny Wang, “Chinese New Year: auspicious dishes around China, from ‘accessible windfall’ to ‘a room of gold and…. From the entry Gaoyou
  • His eyes were red, but his lashes were not beaded with fresh tears.2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 84. From the entry toughie
  • It was turned on, illuminated, beads of oil dripping down around a reasonable copy of Athena Parthenos.2017, Jarett Kobek, The Future Won't Be Long. From the entry rain lamp
  • She worries over them now as a widow over rosary beads.2013, Deborah Paredez, “Auguste Arrives”, in Feminist Studies, volume 39, number 3, College Park, Md.: Feminist Studies, Inc., →ISSN…. From the entry wurst
  • There were gold and silver Tryzubs, Ukrainian Lacquere wooden beads, Ukrainian gold chains called rose gold.2013 June 14, E[rin] J. Sankey, “Fun”, in Fire and Ice, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 261. From the entry tryzub
  • 'Oh my God,' cutesome Nathan Sykes muttered to his mates, wiping away a bead of sweat.2010, Christian Guiltenane, The Wanted Unofficial Biography. From the entry cutesome
  • They clipped the beads from her arms and scissored inches from her hair.2008, Toni Morrison, A Mercy, New York: Knopf, page 48. From the entry scissor
  • If you’re using a holed button, string beads from one hole to another before adding the back.2006, Jackie Guerra, Kyle Crowner, Dazzling Beaded Jewelry, Sterling, page 99. From the entry holed
  • This embroidered and beaded silk shoe sports a sloping French heel.2006, Fiona Macdonald, Shoes and Boots through History. From the entry French heel
  • Each rod in the bottom deck of an abacus has 5 beads.2004, Patricia J. Murphy, “The Bottom Deck”, in Counting with an Abacus: Learning the Place Values of Ones, Tens, and Hundreds, New York…. From the entry abacus
  • The value of each bead depends on which rod it is on.2004, Patricia J. Murphy, “The Bottom Deck”, in Counting with an Abacus: Learning the Place Values of Ones, Tens, and Hundreds, New York…. From the entry abacus
  • Berothids, beaded lacewings, are fairly common in the warmer parts of North America where termites are abundant.2002, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, page 186. From the entry berothid
  • Beads can be purchased prestrung on lengths of thread or loose in vials or plastic bags.2001, Claire B. Shaeffer, Couture Sewing Techniques, page 206. From the entry prestrung
  • Extant beaded lacewings are rare, slender, small to medium insects that have a worldwide distribution.2001, George O. Poinar, Raif Milki, Lebanese Amber: The Oldest Insect Ecosystem in Fossilized Resin, page 40. From the entry beaded lacewing
  • While incubating with the primary antibody, preswell the protein A–Sepharose beads overnight.2001, Roberto Bruzzone, Christian Giaume, Connexin Methods and Protocols, →ISBN, page 245. From the entry preswell
  • But the “stars” stayed in a circle as if they were strung together like beads.2001, Philip L. Rife, America's Nightmare Monsters, →ISBN, page 136. From the entry star shower
  • Just so, light beaded on tin lanterns, drops fanfared from sprinklers, minnows fluted in pools.2000, Veronica Patterson, Swan, what Shores?, →ISBN, page 11. From the entry fanfare
  • She speaks with her hands, and raindroplets bead on her brow.2000, Andrea Hollander Budy, “On High Street”, in Laure-Anne Bosselaar, editor, Urban Nature: Poems about Wildlife in the City…. From the entry raindroplet
  • At every hundredth pace the Pundit would automatically slip one bead.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 295. From the entry pundit
  • Beads of liquid fat in my tea discandy me with fear of ballooning out again.1978, The Miscellany - Issues 85-90, page 10. From the entry discandy

Meaning of bead

  1. noun Prayer, later especially with a rosary.
  2. noun Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
  3. noun A small, round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, particularly for decorative purposes.

Full definition of bead

Questions about bead in a sentence

How do you use bead in a sentence?
Bead is used as a noun and verb. For example: “She drew a bead on the target and fired.”
What is a short sentence with bead?
“Holonym: prayer beads”
What does bead mean?
Bead means prayer, later especially with a rosary.

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