unstring

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

From Newsweek • Jun. 21, 2011

The very monotony of that dull measured walk was enough to unstring the nerves of a child, coming as it did in the middle of the night.

From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.

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

From Other Things Being Equal by Wolf, Emma

As we had no hearers we used to give wonderful expression to our singing, possibly it was lucky no one could hear us, for it would certainly unstring their nerves.

From Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Suffling, Ernest R. (Ernest Richard)

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)