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Six example sentences with filament, each labelled with its topic.
A single filament of spider silk stretches nearly a third of its length before it finally parts.
Science
The weaver pulls one gold filament through every twelfth row, so the cloth only glitters when someone walks past.
Art
Old bulbs died when the tungsten filament thinned at one spot and finally broke during the surge at switch on.
Technology
Each saffron filament must be picked by hand from the crocus, which is why a gram costs more than silver.
Cooking
Fungal filaments thread through the forest floor, linking roots so a beech can pass sugar to a shaded seedling.
Environment
A sterile nylon filament pressed against the sole tests whether a diabetic patient can still feel the foot.
Medicine
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