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strung-out

[struhng-out] / ˈstrʌŋˈaʊt /


















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The result is more of a strung-out patchwork than a theatrical encapsulation of Prokofiev’s 3-act, more than 2-hour score.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 9, 2026

Half the people down here look like they’re itching to tell you all about how CrossFit changed their lives, and the other half seem too strung-out to even contemplate lifting a kettlebell.

From Slate Oct. 21, 2024

This was a loose, strung-out event but one graced with humor.

From New York Times Jun. 19, 2023

Rader’s portrait of the faltering playwright two years before his death, much like the Williams of John Lahr’s psychoanalytic biography, depicts a strung-out mess.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 1, 2017

My normally harried, rushed mother always turns into a strung-out retail junkie just before Turkey Day.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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