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Example sentences from the Web for strings Paper flags of countries that have fought for freedom hang on strings from the ceiling like nationalist Christmas lights.
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality | Noah Caldwell| September 18, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The last time the debt limit was raised, this past February, Boehner agreed in the end to do it with no strings attached.
On Border, a Huge Win for the Hard Right | Michael Tomasky| August 4, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, Iran is offering Iraq everything and anything they need to fight ISIS with no strings attached.
Obama’s Favorite Think Tank: We Should Prepare to Bomb Iraq | Josh Rogin| June 17, 2014| DAILY BEAST
I could turn the nails and tune the strings like that, you see.
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis | Stanley Booth| June 7, 2014| DAILY BEAST
At times, he slapped the guitar box with two fingers or the heel of his hand as, in the same motion, he brushed the strings .
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis | Stanley Booth| June 7, 2014| DAILY BEAST
He was of opinion that he ought to have two strings to his bow.
A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) | Leopold von Ranke
Stradella's heart beat fast and faintly, and his fingers trembled when they touched the strings and made the first minor chord.
Stradella | F(rancis) Marion Crawford
If I laughed she would tell me no more, yet if I took her too seriously the strings would tighten further.
Incredible Adventures | Algernon Blackwood
"I know—the 'Trumerei,'" nodded Marcia, and once more laid her bow across the strings .
The Girl Next Door | Augusta Huiell Seaman
There were loaves of stale bread, bunches of onions and strings of sausages behind the small window-panes.
Under Western Eyes | Joseph Conrad
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A section of the orchestra containing the stringed musical instruments — those played by making stretched strings vibrate. In most stringed instruments, the musician draws a bow over the strings; violins, violas, cellos, and bass viols are played in this way. Other stringed instruments are played by plucking the strings; these include the banjo, guitar, harp, harpsichord, and ukulele.
Words nearby strings string orchestra, string out, stringpiece, string player, string quartet, strings , strings attached, string theory, string tie, string together, string up
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