Examples of worry beads in a Sentence
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Konstantinos Varelas twisted a string of blue komboloi — Greek worry beads — outside his family’s restaurant on Main Street in El Monte.
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Los Angeles Times,
27 Nov. 2020
From his left hand, below a fat gold watch, purple worry beads protrude through his knuckles.
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Alexander Clapp,
The New Republic,
28 Sep. 2020
These sounds eventually give way to the clock tower’s chime and the click-tick of komboloi–Greek worry beads—that elders flip languidly with their fingers.
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Madeleine Speed,
WSJ,
8 July 2020
Badi said, peering through large black rectangular spectacles, his hands fiddling with a chain of worry beads.
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Washington Post,
20 July 2019
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Los Angeles Times,
27 Nov. 2020
From his left hand, below a fat gold watch, purple worry beads protrude through his knuckles.
—
Alexander Clapp,
The New Republic,
28 Sep. 2020
These sounds eventually give way to the clock tower’s chime and the click-tick of komboloi–Greek worry beads—that elders flip languidly with their fingers.
—
Madeleine Speed,
WSJ,
8 July 2020
Badi said, peering through large black rectangular spectacles, his hands fiddling with a chain of worry beads.
—
Washington Post,
20 July 2019
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“Worry beads.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worry%20beads. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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