unstring

Example Sentences

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That alone would’ve been enough for me to unstring my racquets and call it a career. 

From Newsweek • Jun. 21, 2011

What I have recently gone through with is quite enough to unstring the nerves of a stronger woman than I am, and what must be my condition?

From An Arkansas Planter by Read, Opie Percival

The very monotony of that dull measured walk was enough to unstring the nerves of a child, coming as it did in the middle of the night.

From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.

The father taught his son how to string and unstring the bow, and also how to attach the arrow to the string.

From Myths and Legends of the Sioux by McLaughlin, Marie L.

I myself often tremble for my life—art as a profession is so likely to unstring one's nerves.

From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various