Ten light years distance from Earth is a long thin thread.

"Hell of a long thread, from the motel guy to here."

"My father would never let me come to harm," she said, and pulled the long thread through.

She pulled the long thread of the water out taut.

Sorting out who said what to whom is a real problem on longer threads.

The serpent is a long thread; I can let myself down from the tower and find my way through that place.

No one else spoke as they watched the diamond swing gently from the long thread.

Thus began one of the longest threads of this summer.

A wave came toward them in a long thread of silver gray.

When he jerked them out, a long thread came with them.