Example Sentences

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People without jobs are enduring longer searches, and millions of people are stringing together multiple gigs to get by.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Already the cafes with patio tables are stringing up lights along their terrace walls to lengthen their evenings in a losing battle against the fall.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2018

“And even now, as racial tensions are stringing back up again, the witness of Father Tolton’s life says that we can work, live and get on together quite well.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2016

Of course you're probably right, the Weinsteins are stringing me along.

From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2010

It is not for stag hunting that your followers are stringing their bows.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various