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strung-out

How to use strung-out in a sentence

The French troops, strung out in a great semicircle on the Ebro, were quickly concentrated.

They were returning from their pursuit of the scouting party and were strung out a long distance along the road.

As the "jam" strung out over more and more of the river, the jam crew was constantly recruited from the men on the rollways.

But the cautious manner in which the sea people strung out to approach the far door argued that the same might not be true beyond.

STAR BORNANDRE NORTON

They strung out and started for the Antarctic Ocean, with a big old wicker-worked demijohn in the lead.

The mass will give signs of sluggishness, and the social procession will be strung out.

When they arrived, all three strung out in a line and released their rocks simultaneously.

It provides that these payments shall be strung out for a period of five years.

In the narrow bayou lay the gunboats, strung out in single file along a line of half a mile.

Therefore the logs strung out slowly and in an orderly manner with a dignity befitting their weight and age.

THE BOSS OF WIND RIVERDAVID GOODGER (GOODGER@PYTHON.ORG)

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OCTOBER 26, 1985