adjective
Etymology
Origin of stringed
before 1000; Middle English; Old English strængede; string, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Black Americans enslaved on plantations were using homemade instruments such as stringed gourds to produce music with complex rhythms influenced by African traditions, which would later develop into blues and jazz.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
Irish pipes, bouzouki, violin and fiddle also feature in the performance alongside an oud - a stringed instrument often described as similar to the European lute - and Middle Eastern percussion.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
As she experiments between strumming up and down, the forceful strike gives the stringed instrument a more percussive feel.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024
His father, Keshubhai Udhas, played the dilruba, a traditional Indian stringed instrument.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2024
Shadow observed, with a wry amusement, that the bows of the stringed instruments, played by mechanical arms, never actually touched the strings, which were often loose or missing.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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