Example Sentences

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But quietly, CRowe has been stringing good seasons together — and this season has been great.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023

Ruiz has been stringing errands together to lessen the sticker shock.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

Price sought to deflect criticism that Iran has been stringing the major powers along in the negotiations while making advances to its nuclear program.

From Reuters • Dec. 9, 2021

It is entirely possible—perhaps probable—that he never had any intention of leaving his wife and has been stringing you along.

From Slate • Jul. 26, 2017

Think of being involved in a tangle that has been stringing along through twenty-three centuries, and would tie up yesterday, to-day, and forever in a hard knot!

From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow