string along

I take pride in being able to do that and letting them go because otherwise keeping them stringing along would be more hurtful to them.

His left hand hovers over the strings along the neck, a cylindrical tube held between his thumb and middle finger drawing the metallic tones into a smooth glissando when it touches steel.

Deceiving ourselves that way is foolish; using that lie to string along our loved ones is pitiless.

But even though Belly is whiny, somewhat selfish and definitely stringing along various guys as she tries to figure out her own feelings, Tung's winning portrayal is what affords Belly a heaping helping of grace.

He had to string along the stupid Jewish girl with that phony story about his grandmother and the Holocaust.