on a string
Example Sentences
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Kanchan Narayan, 44, uses a damp cloth-wrapped bottle hung on a string, cooling the drinking water inside via evaporation.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
Mitochondrial pearling is a temporary shape change in which mitochondria form a structure that looks like beads on a string.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026
The display also featured Dahl's personal set of boules, along with his own invention of a magnet on a string, which Dahl used for picking up each boule.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
Hometown fans wondered how the Grizzlies were staying so close when it felt like Doncic had the game on a string.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025
I thought of the fat smelly markers that cost two-fifty each, the leather diaries that locked with little keys, the battery-operated fans that you could wear on a string around your neck on hot days.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
