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

He paused long enough to unstring the bow and put it back in the quiver.

From The Pirates of Shan by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

I myself often tremble for my life—art as a profession is so likely to unstring one's nerves.

From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various

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

We meet only an embarrassment of choice when we start to unstring the chaplet of our carking cares.

From The Simple Life by Hendee, Mary Louise