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

What I have recently gone through with is quite enough to unstring the nerves of a stronger woman than I am, and what must be my condition?

From An Arkansas Planter by Read, Opie Percival

I resolutely put aside the thought of Juanita—of any personal feeling which might mar my judgment and unstring my nerves at this supreme and dreadful moment.

From The City in the Clouds by Gull, C. Ranger

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

From Other Things Being Equal by Wolf, Emma

The very monotony of that dull measured walk was enough to unstring the nerves of a child, coming as it did in the middle of the night.

From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.