stringy

Example Sentences

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A preponderance of angled close-up shots reveals with clarity of various states of Parry and Jack’s duress with grizzled facial features distinguished by stringy long hair, unkempt beard dirt and plenty of glistening sweat.

From Washington Times

I’m sure I’m not the only one who has been stymied trying to measure thick, stringy, cold molasses.

From Washington Post

Each meal is chilled and reheated only once, so pasta doesn’t get gummy, vegetables don’t fall apart and meat doesn’t get stringy.

From Seattle Times

Coir is made of the stringy fibers of coconut shells, and spun into mats or logs, often held together with netting.

From Seattle Times

Black, stringy rhizomorphs grow through the soil into the roots and trunk of the tree and attack the wood.

From New York Times