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01. Scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single [strand] of hair.
02. People with blonde hair have around 120,000 [strands] of hair, whereas redheads have about 80,000.
03. He kept three [strands] of his loved one's beautiful golden hair in a little locket around his neck to give him courage in battle.
04. Cable is made by twisting several [strands] of metal wire together.
05. Each [strand] of the DNA molecule is composed of a series of nucleotides.
06. The kitten was playing with a [strand] of wool from the sweater Anne was knitting.
07. We got [stranded] for over 3 hours while fishing on Saturday when the motor on our little boat broke down.
08. The astronauts became [stranded] on Mars when their rocket broke down soon after landing on the red planet.
09. Rescuers sent out helicopters, boats and buses to save the hundreds of people [stranded] by the flood.
10. They got [stranded] near a little village in Guatemala for a week after their van broke down.
11. Over 100 volunteers worked for days trying to help a group of whales which had become [stranded] on the beach.
12. Over 100,000 Bangladeshi workers became [stranded] in Kuwait following the Iraqi invasion of the country.
13. The musical brings together various [strands] of music representing the singer's 20-year career.
14. One [strand] of his argument is that people are only honest because they are afraid of getting caught being dishonest.
15. Richard and Simon were [stranded] in the airport for over a day after the terrorist attacks of 9//11 stopped all flights.
16. The children got [stranded] on the rock where they were playing when the tide came in behind them.
17. Chief Seattle once noted, "Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a [strand] in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself."

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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