stringy

Example Sentences

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"They are currently called 'the stringy things' and 'the drummy things'," laughs Franglen.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

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 • May 18, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

Davidsen starts this “Salome” in a back room of the brutalist set where Herod’s orgy is taking place, wearing a white raincoat, her black hair stringy in a Goth look.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

I thought of the shreds of gray stringy beef floating in the stew, and I wanted to retch.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros