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strung

[ struhng ]

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of string.


strung

/ strʌŋ /

verb

  1. a past tense and past participle of string
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

    1. (of a piano, etc) provided with strings, esp of a specified kind or in a specified manner
    2. ( in combination )

      gut-strung

  1. highly strung
    very nervous or volatile in character Usual US and Canadian phrasehigh-strung
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Life is a series of seemingly throwaway moments strung together in a peculiar tapestry, and Linklater has captured it beautifully.

So it was fun to see how they strung those together and had the hybrid between live-action and animation.

But the sunsets are beautiful here, and you know that battalion will not leave your whole company strung out at night checkpoints.

But when the people we put in power strung him up on the gallows his last words proved almost true.

Bulbs strung among branches in the overhead wild hibiscus tree form a radiant canopy.

They strung through it a few electric bulbs, which would give light enough.

He inherited in exaggerated degree his mother's highly strung nervous nature.

“Why, the boys must have already strung their 162 wires and got a radio set established,” said Amy.

The French troops, strung out in a great semicircle on the Ebro, were quickly concentrated.

His early disposition was joyous, but with the feverish joy of a highly-strung, nervous organization.

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