The puppets floated across the stage, their heads and arms manipulated from below by slender rods.

Poyly touched one of the slender rods near her and screamed.

For chopsticks they were given slender rods of dark jade.

Their slender rods cracked, and all but the lustiest shoots turned black.

He held up the slender rod with a shrug.

At regular intervals along the track were tall, slender rods, each carrying a flashing light.

A slender rod extended from the center of the cylinder.

This one was smaller than the rest and had slender rods sticking out on all sides.

He slipped the slender rod into the Starfleet computer slot.

It was a slender rod of metal, almost needle-thin, with a rounded plastic ball on the end.