What is "string of beads"

Usage examples of "string of beads".

I handed her the second string of beads and put the others back in the sack.

If I had given the Blessing Tree a string of beads, could I have wished you to my bed?

When the music began, with that first thump of the drums and the twang of all the shamisens, and we danced out together like a string of beads-our arms outstretched, our folding fans open in our hands-I had never before felt so much a part of something.

She clenched her fingers around the string of beads and felt the sharp edges cut into her palm.

But Little John's hands were folded in his loose sleeves, and Little John's eyes were cast upon the ground, and at his girdle hung a great, long string of beads.

But his crown was shorn as smooth as the palm of one's hand, which, together with his loose robe, cowl, and string of beads, showed that which his looks never would have done, that he was a friar.

The curve was no longer continuous, but a string of beads, with clumps.

Louis's back straightened like a string of beads being pulled taut.