stringy

Example Sentences

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However, the report concluded that “this substance clumps together in stool, causing long, stringy structures to form,” which made the patients think they were passing worms when they were not.

From Salon

In the film’s third act, Manville appears as the eccentric Doctor Cotter, a botanist living in the South American jungle in the 1950s, whose stringy, gray hair is almost long enough to trail behind her.

From Salon

In this case: a stringy slot corner who never had been credited for a sack in his college career.

From Los Angeles Times

If your cooked lobster is too stringy or tough, that means it’s been overcooked.

From Salon

Male chicks serve little purpose in this production cycle, because they can’t lay eggs and their flesh is deemed tough and stringy.

From Seattle Times