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
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
There, a crew of six repairmen were clearing debris from corridors and stringing up lights to prepare the area as a shelter.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2020
The buildings are constructed from the same drab concrete blocks, packed close together, and figures in bright clothes stand on the rooftops, stringing up laundry or simply looking out across the endless city.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2020
Hundreds of craft of every land were anchored near the shore, each filled with gay parties of young people who were stringing up rows of Japanese lanterns, bunting and flags.
From The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies by Crane, Laura Dent
