have a thread

Frequency: 4.52.8 per million words

Used figuratively, often in the negative, to mean possessing a connecting theme or idea.

threadVERB + thread

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Examples (10)

  • These stories have no real common thread.
  • The disparate events seemed to have no connecting thread.
  • Despite their different styles, all his paintings have a melancholic thread.
  • The speaker struggled to have a coherent thread in his impromptu speech.
  • Do you think these historical events have a unifying thread?
  • Her various essays often have a critical thread in their analysis.
  • The detective was trying to have a logical thread that could link the suspects.
  • This series of lectures will have a central thread exploring modern philosophy.
  • Even in seemingly unrelated topics, you can sometimes have an unexpected thread of commonality.
  • The team's diverse ideas eventually began to have a collaborative thread.