strings

Example Sentences

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You need tremendous resilience, yes, but also many more human strings to your bow.

From BBC

So, too, is the film’s music, composer Anthony Willis and soundtrack artist Charlie XCX entwining raspy strings with grimy, ominous shudders.

From Los Angeles Times

“We are somewhat surprised that NWG appear to have come out on top, given how tightly the CEO holds the bank’s purse strings,” he notes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nets have been placed over certain streets; in previous years metal kite strings have fallen on to electricity wires giving an electric shock to anyone holding them - and causing the wires to short circuit.

From BBC

It was plastic and had only four strings.

From Literature