unstring

Example Sentences

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That alone would’ve been enough for me to unstring my racquets and call it a career. 

From Newsweek • Jun. 21, 2011

My nerves unstring, my friend; my flesh grows weak: "The good that I do I leave undone, The evil which I would not, that I do!"

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

Meantime, as if fearful that the continuance of the scene might too much unstring his master, the servant seemed anxious to terminate it.

From The Piazza Tales by Melville, Herman

The scene is one to strike dumb with awe, or to unstring the nerves; one might stand in silent astonishment, another would burst into tears.

From Our Italy by Warner, Charles Dudley

That such emotion could so unstring Louis Arnold was a marvel.

From Other Things Being Equal by Wolf, Emma