Example Sentences

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Strung up in the sturdy branches of a tree are yellow and blue heavy-duty cables - once high-voltage electrical cables, their copper wire innards have now been stripped out and sold as scrap metal.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

Strung into ristras — bouquets used as adornments across the Southwest.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

Strung together, these consonants created words in which vowel sounds were interpreted by the order of the consonants.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

“We did what we needed to do, especially down the stretch. Strung some plays together late. I thought our physicality the last four or five minutes of the game was really, really good.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2023

Strung between a window in each of two towers was a gossamer thread of china from which hung—laundry!

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine