Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

stringy

[string-ee] / ˈstrɪŋ i /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

And that is exactly what his company's Kamakurayama Natto, touted as "extremely stringy" but minus "stinkiness and bitterness," seeks to achieve.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

"They are currently called 'the stringy things' and 'the drummy things'," laughs Franglen.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2025

In the film’s third act, Manville appears as the eccentric Doctor Cotter, a botanist living in the South American jungle in the 1950s, whose stringy, gray hair is almost long enough to trail behind her.

From Salon Dec. 16, 2024

Male chicks serve little purpose in this production cycle, because they can’t lay eggs and their flesh is deemed tough and stringy.

From Seattle Times Mar. 31, 2024

Clarisse’s stringy brown hair was tied back with a camouflage bandanna.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

While she vigorously stirred her bowl of bibimbap topped with natto, Smith knew that this would only make it even stringier.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

“Their flesh is slightly stringier and more juicy than some other varieties when cooked, so they’re good for mashing and incorporating into baked goods and desserts.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 26, 2021

In any case, given Hopper’s current circumstances, we're guessing that Season 4 will show us a different man altogether, likely one who is a lot stringier and a good deal stranger.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2019

They are instead almost uniformly lithe and Olympian, their bodies remorselessly optimum-scaled, narrower, stringier, more compact.

From The Guardian Jan. 11, 2013

Soviet consumers can thus expect thinner milk and stringier beef this winter.

From Time Magazine Archive

You'd have hitched up with the stringiest sort of ballet-girl and been to-day a stable-boy in the Humpelmeier Circus.

From Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts by Frank Wedekind




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training