stringing

American  

[string-ing] / ˈstrɪŋ ɪŋ /

noun

1. a narrow band of inlay, as in a piece of furniture.

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Etymology

Origin of stringing

First recorded in 1610–20; string + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Mboko was unfazed though, and soon adjusted to Ostapenko's pace, stringing together eight consecutive games to secure the opening set and a 5-0 advantage in the second.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

On Nov. 2, Edie Harmon, who lives down the road from the Jacumba Wilderness, learned Marines were stringing wire up a mountain in what’s called Skull Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

It would be some five years before generative artificial intelligence would be out in the wild, stringing together words as well as many humans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

Medical teams triaged evacuees in a car park, wrapping up wounds and stringing up bags of saline for IV drips under tents.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

By stringing the fiber along a gap in a stretch of wire—a bent paper clip worked marvelously—he hoped to diffract X-rays and obtain images.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee