yarn about sth
Frequency: 5.63.9 per million words
A story on a particular subject.
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Examples (10)
- He spun a long yarn about his adventures at sea.
- The old sailor told a gripping yarn about a giant kraken.
- She told a funny yarn about getting lost in the woods.
- Grandpa always tells the same yarn about his school days.
- He went on to spin an entertaining yarn about his army days.
- Don't listen to his yarn about finding buried treasure.
- I read a fascinating yarn about explorers in the Amazon.
- He tried to spin us a yarn about why he was late.
- Everyone in town has a yarn about the legendary local hero.
- It was just another yarn about a mysterious stranger in town.