stringing up
Example Sentences
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In Nuwakot, AFP photographers on Tuesday saw people scouring through mud into the rubble of their homes for usable items, some clearing away dirt and stringing up plastic sheeting for shelter in the ruins.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
And the ball of twine for stringing up Hope's vines is stuck in the hole of the porch railing nearest the door—you can find it easy enough.
From At the Little Brown House by Ruth Alberta Brown
