strings

Cultural  

1. A section of the orchestra containing the stringed musical instruments — those played by making stretched strings vibrate. In most stringed instruments, the musician draws a bow over the strings; violins, violas, cellos, and bass viols are played in this way. Other stringed instruments are played by plucking the strings; these include the banjo, guitar, harp, harpsichord, and ukulele.

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Example Sentences

He’d still be there, pulling the strings again for a juggernaut offense in the College Football Playoff, but for his decision to jump to the Raiders.

From Los Angeles Times

And the funding comes with some strings attached.

From BBC

However the 28-year-old has missed only three minutes of the Prem so far this season and was again instrumental, pulling strings, tweaking noses and finding holes.

From BBC

Several times I led mule strings to Soda Flat, a private outpost in Sequoia National Forest.

From Los Angeles Times

Berezovsky may have exaggerated his role, but Russia's oligarchs were certainly capable of pulling strings at the highest echelons of power.

From BBC

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