Collocations for "beads"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "beads" in context.
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bead
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a bead of [glue, adhesive] (to)
- were beads of sweat on his [face, forehead]
- a bead of sweat [fell from, trickled down] her brow
- were beads of water on the [wall, window] (from)
- string the beads (onto)
- put the beads onto a [string, lanyard]
- a [necklace, bracelet] made of beads
- The [necklace] is made of beads.
- use beads to make a [necklace]
- wearing [colorful, shiny, wooden] beads
- [transparent, glow-in-the-dark, glass, stone, bone, vibrant] beads
- put pony beads in her hair
- had her hair in beads
- beads and [sequins, sparkles, gemstones]
- counting their beads in the [chapel, church]
- idiom: got a bead on his [victim, target, objective]
- has eyes like (shiny) beads
- beading on his [forehead, nose, face]
- [sweat, perspiration, blood] was beading on his [forehead]
- [sweat] began to bead on his [forehead]
- bead a [necklace, bracelet]
- bead her (hair) braids
- a bead [necklace, bracelet]
'beads' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):