FILAMENT in a Sentence
Learn FILAMENT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for FILAMENT, such as:
1. A ray of sunlight illuminated every filament of the spider web, turning the web into a net of gold.
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Meanings and Examples of FILAMENT
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filament
n. fine thread or fiber; thin wire; threadlike structure within light bulb
Classic Sentence:
1 He loved to lie in the very centre of five millions of people, with his filaments stretching out and running through them, responsive to every little rumour or suspicion of unsolved crime.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
2 When the nettle is young, the leaf makes an excellent vegetable; when it is older, it has filaments and fibres like hemp and flax.
Example Sentence:
1 A ray of sunlight illuminated every filament of the spider web, turning the web into a net of gold.