unstrung

Example Sentences

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By the time Gilgamesh sets out in search of immortality, he is already unstrung.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

He also wore a fur pelt around his neck and carried an unstrung wooden archery bow.

From Washington Times • Jul. 13, 2023

He also said he carried an unstrung archery bow “to signify his peaceful intent.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022

That is not to say it’s historically unstrung along the lines of “The Great” or “Bridgerton” or Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette”; generally speaking, it stays put within its period.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2021

A whole row of unstrung bows in varying stages of repair or build rested on a worktable, and hundreds of bushels of arrows were stacked into pyramids on the floor beside them.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack