string attached

Example Sentences

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“Every dollar you give to a university ought to have a string attached to it,” he said, adding that too many schools are educating students in areas where no jobs are available.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2021

But he’s saved by a mysterious figure with a red string attached to his backpack—one whose identity we won’t learn until the very end of the movie.

From Slate • Sep. 3, 2020

The can would be lowered by a long string attached to the two holes at the top.

From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2017

A student is shaking a flexible string attached to a wooden board in a rhythmic manner.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

A cosmic string attached to the earth could accelerate it from 0 to 60 mph in 'Aoth of a second.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking