strung along

Example Sentences

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Hurricanes still drive high premiums: 46 of the 50 costliest counties nationwide, mostly strung along the Gulf Coast, count hurricanes as their primary threat, according to the Journal’s analysis of data from price-comparison firm Insurify.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

A Belfast woman who "strung along" a seriously ill man with lies that she would donate her kidney to him has been branded "callous" and "not human".

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

The exchange highlighted in the evidence shows that Cohen felt strung along by Trump, a man who didn’t seem to know, at least in Cohen’s telling, how to define Cohen’s role.

From Slate • May 13, 2024

Now she's been out of the industry for 15 years, spending the time between then and today recovering from punishing work schedules and ruthless bouts of being strung along by, among other things, sewing.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2023

“She’s kept that poor man strung along for years. May drizzled batter on the griddle in the shape of a big L. “This one’s yours,” she said.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd