unstrung
Example Sentences
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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
It was a vision of a man unstrung, perhaps auguring the darkness ahead.
From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2017
He pushed them into circles and rows like unstrung beads; he scooped them into his hand and shook them like dice.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
