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He was of opinion that he ought to have two strings to his bow.
Stradella's heart beat fast and faintly, and his fingers trembled when they touched the strings and made the first minor chord.
STRADELLAF(RANCIS) MARION CRAWFORD
If I laughed she would tell me no more, yet if I took her too seriously the strings would tighten further.
INCREDIBLE ADVENTURESALGERNON BLACKWOOD
"I know—the 'Trumerei,'" nodded Marcia, and once more laid her bow across the strings.
THE GIRL NEXT DOORAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN
There were loaves of stale bread, bunches of onions and strings of sausages behind the small window-panes.
UNDER WESTERN EYESJOSEPH CONRAD
The strings were often of different colors; each having its own particular signification.
Its strings have vibrated under my passions and its yielding keys have obeyed my every caprice.
HOW TO APPRECIATE MUSICGUSTAV KOBB
And the old lady drew the strings of her bag closely, and looked full out of the opposite window.
But the harp was not yet finished, for the five strings were still lacking.
FINNISH LEGENDS FOR ENGLISH CHILDRENR. EIVIND
The band is placed over the forehead and tied by the strings behind.
WORDS RELATED TO STRINGS
- ability
- absolutism
- aplomb
- authority
- authorization
- charge
- coercion
- compulsion
- constraint
- control
- despotism
- domination
- dominion
- expertise
- expertism
- expertness
- government
- grasp
- grip
- hold
- jurisdiction
- know-how
- leadership
- management
- might
- prerogative
- primacy
- restraint
- right
- royalty
- skill
- sovereignty
- strings
- supervision
- supremacy
- sway
- tyranny
- upper hand
- ability
- absolutism
- aplomb
- authority
- authorization
- charge
- coercion
- compulsion
- constraint
- control
- despotism
- domination
- dominion
- expertise
- expertism
- expertness
- government
- grasp
- grip
- hold
- jurisdiction
- know-how
- leadership
- management
- might
- prerogative
- primacy
- restraint
- right
- royalty
- skill
- sovereignty
- strings
- supervision
- supremacy
- sway
- tyranny
- upper hand
- ascendancy
- authority
- bridle
- charge
- check
- clout
- containment
- curb
- determination
- direction
- discipline
- domination
- dominion
- force
- government
- guidance
- inside track
- juice
- jurisdiction
- limitation
- management
- manipulation
- might
- oversight
- predomination
- qualification
- regimentation
- regulation
- restraint
- restriction
- rule
- strings
- subjection
- subordination
- superintendence
- supervision
- supremacy
- sway
- upper hand
- weight
- wire pulling
- ascendancy
- authority
- bridle
- charge
- check
- clout
- containment
- curb
- determination
- direction
- discipline
- domination
- dominion
- force
- government
- guidance
- inside track
- juice
- jurisdiction
- limitation
- management
- manipulation
- might
- oversight
- predomination
- qualification
- regimentation
- regulation
- restraint
- restriction
- rule
- strings
- subjection
- subordination
- superintendence
- supervision
- supremacy
- sway
- upper hand
- weight
- wire pulling
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.