stringing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stringing
Example Sentences
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College wait lists have ballooned to give schools options; “Why continue stringing me on?”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
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
In her two-page ruling on Friday, Cannon said Newsmax’s lawyers inappropriately tried to build their case by stringing together allegations to compound their effect.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025
"To make the second week for the first time is so, so good and at a time where I was not really stringing a lot of matches and a lot of wins together," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2025
Lio has told me that the nickname comes from El Jefe’s childhood habit of stringing bottle caps across his chest to look like medals.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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