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string

noun as in long fiber

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noun as in succession, series

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Example Sentences

You “gather string,” as we say, and hope the right moment comes.

Suddenly, these founders are awash in gobs of money with few strings attached, leaving them under no particular pressure to follow through on their plans.

From Fortune

In 2014, thousands of people occupied streets to protest a long-awaited plan for universal voting that came with too many strings attached.

From Quartz

The random forcing can show you what strings are in the piano.

GC376 works by preventing a key enzyme called M protease, which is found in a number of different coronaviruses, from chopping up long strings of viral proteins.

The plot was a string of anecdotes from the senseless shootings of friends that Brinsley knew.

And the string of episodes that aired before that were gripping, noble, and simply entertaining to watch.

A cold salad with French string beans is the perfect counterpoint.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and add the string beans.

Toss the string beans and mesclun with enough dressing to moisten.

Aristide replaced the baby, and with a complicated arrangement of string fastened it securely to the seat.

Who has patience for the recapitulation of a string of names, when a group of faces may be placed simultaneously before him?

This harmless image of a fierce beast Yung Pak would pull about the floor with a string by the hour.

She plays with Captain Lovelock as a child does with a wooden harlequin, she pulls a string and he throws up his arms and legs.

He could lie in bed and string himself tales of travel and adventure while Harry was downstairs.

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On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to string, such as: cord, rope, strand, twine, and twist.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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