stringing up
Example Sentences
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Medical teams triaged evacuees in a car park, wrapping up wounds and stringing up bags of saline for IV drips under tents.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025
The tradition started after the Northridge earthquake in 1994, when neighbors got to know one another better and began stringing up Christmas lights between their houses.
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2023
Turabi was notorious for ripping music tapes from cars, stringing up hundreds of meters of destroyed cassettes in trees and signposts.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2021
The solution is an easy one: Simply wash your hands after stringing up the lights, or wear gloves while putting them on.
From Slate • Nov. 27, 2018
“You took it from where I was stringing up my wireless.”
From The Boys of the Wireless by Webster, Frank V.
