on a string
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Kanchan Narayan, 44, uses a damp cloth-wrapped bottle hung on a string, cooling the drinking water inside via evaporation.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
“Obviously, you can’t do it individually by yourself. It has to be five guys on a string, communication, always at an all-time high.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
These nucleosomes connect like beads on a string and fold into chromatin fibers.
From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2025
In many productions, Hamlet stalks the stage in a fog of misery, as if trailing a rain cloud above his head like a balloon on a string.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
Mong’s brown tooth on a string, around my neck.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
