A couple years ago, the New Yorker ran a great, comprehensive piece on «link rot» — that scourge of dead - end links and vexing «404» errors that annoys us all and ensures the Web's enduring reputation as an «ethereal, ephemeral, unstable, and unreliable» ravel of non-sequiturs. (slaw.ca)
My mom frequently lined the bodice of dresses she made, it makes the whole thing look smoother, less chance of raveling in the laundry and much more discreet. (acolourfulcanvas.com)
To use violence with that in view, is like trying to put silk in order and only ravelling it. (religion-online.org)