How to Use bobbin in a Sentence

bobbin

noun
  • Bring your sewing machine with pre-wound bobbins and a brown bag lunch.
    — Courant Community, 24 Apr. 2018
  • This is often a plastic piece that fits over your bobbin winder.
    — Vanessa Nirode, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2020
  • All of the windings are wrapped around a black plastic bobbin.
    — Eric Schlaepfer, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2023
  • It’s produced on a device with dozens of bobbins, and there’s one right by the cashier’s counter.
    — Prasad Ramamurthy, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The girl in the foreground, a skinny teenager, pulls a thread from a bobbin that seems to hang in the air.
    — Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Buy a simple frame and dot the handles around the edge to create an adorable bobbin finish.
    — Kat Romero, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Most machines include a bobbin and a presser foot, but some include much more.
    — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The bobbin will hold small to medium-sized spools of line and apply pressure to the spool while winding.
    — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The bobbin oakwood frame gives it a unique finish, while the neutral tones can work with a number of color schemes.
    — Kat Romero, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
  • It’s designed to look like a giant spool of thread, which is cute on its own, but remove the lid to stash bobbins, pins, and cushions.
    — Lizzy Briskin, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
  • Many are total newbies who don’t know the difference between a bobbin winder and a stitch width dial.
    — Richard Marini, ExpressNews.com, 10 July 2020
  • Lightning has burned little holes in one of the mailboxes, and a screw on a wire bobbin has become welded to the frame.
    — George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2013
  • For something more traditional, try the classic look of bobbin chairs and a settee.
    — Katie Laughridge Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 18 June 2021
  • Yarn or fiber is spun using the winding technique, as it is converted onto a spindle or bobbin.
    — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 5 Jan. 2023
  • There’s a guy, a highly polished machine, a bench crowded with small tools, bobbins, gears, and lubricants.
    — Arthur Longworth, The New York Review of Books, 12 Apr. 2020
  • At the base of the launch pad, a spool called a bobbin holds hundreds of meters of wire -- enough for several experiments.
    — George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2013
  • Perch petite pumpkins on top of wooden spools and bobbins for a 60-second mantel upgrade.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 21 June 2023
  • The super-sharp scissors and easy-revolving bobbin in this kit will help beginners advance to the next level with ease.
    — Outdoor Life, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Thread the bobbin, following the sewing-machine instructions.
    — Faith Bottum, WSJ, 5 May 2022
  • In the 1960s, in department stores and even five-and-dimes, there were lots of little sewing things — zippers and bobbins and threads.
    — Debra Weiner, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Helen’s crib has bobbin turnings on the legs inspired by Erin’s childhood bed, a Jenny Lind.
    — Leigh Crandall, Country Living, 6 May 2021
  • With a drop-in bobbin and an automatic bobbin winding system, this machine makes winding and loading a simple process.
    — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2023
  • This iconic piece of furniture was named after the Swedish singer, who was said to have slept exclusively on beds with bobbin turnings while on tour.
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 7 May 2021
  • The streamlined functions are great for a beginner learning the rhythm of using a sewing machine, and the thread is easy to change, thanks to a design where the bobbin drops in from the top.
    — Popular Science, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Participants will learn the basics of machine sewing such as ironing, cutting patterns and threading and filling bobbins.
    — Jessie Dax-Setkus, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Downstairs, the inviting bar and lobby area was divided up with rattan screens, and the seating areas filled with bobbin tables and chairs whose lengthy tassels ticked the floor.
    — Vogue, 8 July 2024
  • There are 27 stitches to choose from on the front knob, and the model features an automatic needle-threader and a drop-in top bobbin to prevent jamming.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2022
  • On the other hand, a storage cabinet with details like bobbin trim and a scalloped edge can pair perfectly with a traditional wood vanity.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2026
  • One area appeared dedicated to storing metal tools and another to textile work, because the excavation revealed cloth fragments, bobbins, and loom weights.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024
  • At the time, bobbin furniture, also called spool furniture, was often glazed wood, but Serena & Lily's version is a bit more modern with black and white finishes.
    — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 22 Dec. 2022

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