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

That such emotion could so unstring Louis Arnold was a marvel.

From Other Things Being Equal by Wolf, Emma

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.

Mrs. Bowen broke out again with a sort of violence; the years teach us something of self-control, perhaps, but they weaken and unstring the nerves.

From Indian Summer by Howells, William Dean

As we had no hearers we used to give wonderful expression to our singing, possibly it was lucky no one could hear us, for it would certainly unstring their nerves.

From Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Suffling, Ernest R. (Ernest Richard)