on a string
Example Sentences
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They connect together like beads on a string to form the proteins needed by living organisms.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026
The single combat involves swinging a conker -- a hardened horse chestnut -- on a string at your opponent's nut with murderous venom, until one is smashed to pieces.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
In many productions, Hamlet stalks the stage in a fog of misery, as if trailing a rain cloud above his head like a balloon on a string.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
In the second, he needed just four pitches to retire the side in order, capitalizing on a string of well-located offerings for a lightning-quick inning.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2025
The forced heartiness of an old banker, his monocle dangling on a string, and my bright smile of insincerity: “No, not very lately; will you have another cigarette?”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
