unstrung

Example Sentences

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He also wore a fur pelt around his neck and carried an unstrung wooden archery bow.

From Washington Times • Jul. 13, 2023

He also said he carried an unstrung archery bow “to signify his peaceful intent.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022

That is not to say it’s historically unstrung along the lines of “The Great” or “Bridgerton” or Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette”; generally speaking, it stays put within its period.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2021

It was a vision of a man unstrung, perhaps auguring the darkness ahead.

From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2017

Upon the quiet daughter of Ikarios she let clear drops of slumber fall, until the queen lay back asleep, her limbs unstrung, in her long chair.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer