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

“People aren’t just getting laid off — they’re getting ghosted, strung along, maybe even experiencing their second or third or fifth layoff in their career.”

From Salon • Jun. 3, 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

And where these skirmishes used to be isolated to one or at most two communities affected by a wind farm, the campaigns are now strung along routes, like beacons.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2023

On the lake a hundred or more ships, yachts, and launches lay at anchor with colored lights on their bows and booms and strung along their rigging.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson