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

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 morning is positive; in the evening we muse and dream and take our ease, we see our friends, we unstring the bow, we indulge our social instincts.

From The Last Harvest by Burroughs, John

We do in fact as we grow older unstring the critical bow a little and strike a truce with invidious comparisons.

From Italian Hours by James, Henry

"Now I pray thee to unstring it again," handing it to the bowman.

From Sir Nigel by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir