After the scandal, the alliance was hanging by a thread, forcing both parties to scramble for damage control.

Posting irrelevant updates in months-old discussions is called thread necromancy and usually annoys regulars.

To improve the feed rate in the lathe, the engineer designed a quadruple thread for the worm gear.

The pillowcase's thread count affects how smooth it feels against your skin.

As CEO, she had to thread the needle between cutting costs and preserving staff morale during the restructuring.

At recess, the children decided to play thread the needle, linking hands in a long line while the child at the end ran between them still holding their neighbour's hand.

For predictable performance under load, we configured multiple thread pools to handle different task priorities.

The application's thread pool dynamically adjusted its size to maintain low latency under heavy load.

She was threading the needle when the phone rang.

He threaded the needle with trembling hands and finished the mending.